UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
LEXINGTON, KY
- 1,009 H-1B petitions approved, FY2009–FY2023
- Denial rate 1.3% across 1,022 decisions
- Initial petitions: 515 approved, 1 denied
- 38 certified PERM labor certifications
- Median PERM wage $101,109
- Roles sponsored: Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor of Radiology, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Assistant Professor of Neurology/Neurologist, Assistant Professor of Medicine/Rheumatologist
- Matches the pattern of an employer exempt from the annual H-1B numerical limits
H-1B figures are from the USCIS Employer Data Hub; PERM figures from Department of Labor disclosure data. Both are counts of past adjudications, not predictions about any future petition. Employers are matched by name, so a single legal entity can appear more than once.