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Lexington, KY

Lexington, KY rolls up 34 employers with DOL/OSHA/WARN filings and a $89,000 median H-1B wage; Professional & Technical Services currently leads the local roster.

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34
Employers
$89,000
Median H-1B wage
230
H-1B filings

Lexington, KY: 34 tracked employers at a $89,000 median H-1B wage across 230 LCAs; Professional & Technical Services leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Lexington, KY (KY), PlainEmployers rolls up 34 employers at a $89,000 disclosed median with 2 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 34 employers
  • $89,000 median H-1B
  • 230 H-1B LCAs
  • 2 WARN employers

Where Lexington, KY's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$89,000 Top 81% higher than 19% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). This entry sits in this band. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). Above this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Above this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Lexington, KY $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Metro Labor Presence

Lexington, KY (34 employers) sits beside Louisville, KY, Frankfort, KY, Bowling Green, KY in KY's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Lexington, KY ranks #344 of 6906 by employer count (about the 95th percentile).

Louisville, KY 130 Frankfort, KY 24 Bowling Green, KY 13 Florence, KY 11 Covington, KY 8 Erlanger, KY 7
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesEducational ServicesHealthcare & Social AssistanceManufacturingWholesale Trade

What the data says about Lexington, KY

Corpus placement: Lexington, KY ranks #344 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 95th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 11 of 34 tracked employers (~32%); next sectors in the mix are Educational Services and Healthcare & Social Assistance. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: University Of Kentucky, Cypress Semiconductor CORPORATION, and Pinnacle Infotech Inc (147 filings combined, ~64% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Lexington, KY: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 2 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: University Of Kentucky, Cypress Semiconductor CORPORATION, and Pinnacle Infotech Inc, together 147 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Among employers with a worksite mapped to Lexington, KY, 2 carry WARN Act history (4 notices, about 287 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Same-state context for Lexington, KY: Louisville, KY (130 employers); Frankfort, KY (24 employers); Bowling Green, KY (13 employers). Employer-count gaps between these metros are why a wage offer that looks high in one city can look ordinary in another.

WARN layoff activity in Lexington, KY

2 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 4 WARN notices , naming about 287 workers across credible records. Compare those employers' profiles before treating any local offer as stable; see largest WARN layoffs for corpus-wide notices.

Employer mix in Lexington, KY

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Professional & Technical Services leads Lexington, KY at ~32% of employers, with 5 other sectors still material in the mix.

Source DOL H-1B, OSHA & WARN filings mapped to NAICS sector

Top employers in Lexington, KY

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1University Of KentuckyEducational Services120$106,500
2Cypress Semiconductor CORPORATIONManufacturing15$158,817
3Pinnacle Infotech IncProfessional & Technical Services12$80,038
4NorcProfessional & Technical Services10$106,101
5Conduent Commercial Solutions, LLCProfessional & Technical Services8$80,000
6Quantam Solutions LLC7$124,072
7Fayette County Public SchoolsEducational Services5$50,586
8Piramal Pharma Solutions Inc.Manufacturing5$80,100
9Sitek, Inc.Professional & Technical Services5$90,000
10Saint Joseph Health System, Inc.Healthcare & Social Assistance4$62,520
11Goodrich CorporationManufacturing4$152,943
12Galls, LLCWholesale Trade3$93,348
13RossTarrant LLCProfessional & Technical Services3$70,000
14Kentucky Orthopedic Rehabilitation, LLCHealthcare & Social Assistance3$72,000
15ACT Education Corp.Educational Services2$95,750
16Gray Inc.Professional & Technical Services2$300,000
17Gray Architects & Engineers PSCPCProfessional & Technical Services2$61,984
18Lexmark International, Inc.Professional & Technical Services2$135,000
19New Vista Behavioral Halthcare, Inc.Healthcare & Social Assistance2$63,918
20Rps Tek Sol LLC2$90,000
21Virtual Neurology LLCHealthcare & Social Assistance1$364,000
22CAC Auto Group LLC1$45,000
23Lexington Theological SeminaryEducational Services1$64,896
24Ross-Tarrant IncProfessional & Technical Services1$70,000
25Summit Engineering, Inc.Professional & Technical Services1$77,000
Sources, citation, and related links for Lexington, KY

Disclaimer: The Lexington, KY overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Lexington, KY from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records and state WARN Act layoff notices, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.