7,196 certified filings with a worksite in this city · FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3)
Reported wages are what employers filed with the Department of Labor — not actual take-home pay. Filings are counted by worksite, so a company headquartered elsewhere appears here if the job is here.
FY2025 median across the 1,089 filings that reported a wage for a worksite in Louisville, KY — of 7,196 certified filings in total. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $94,765 median of 736 | 736 |
| FY2025 | $92,100 median of 1,089 | 1,089 |
| FY2024 | $88,982 median of 1,188 | 1,188 |
| FY2023 | $88,423 median of 1,206 | 1,206 |
| FY2022 | $82,014 median of 1,454 | 1,454 |
| FY2021 | $78,582 median of 1,476 | 1,476 |
How these wages are computed · All cities · All job titles
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 · Basis worksite city as filed; median not average
Filings from Louisville, KY fall inside the federal statistical area LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY, KY-IN. That area is larger than this city — it spans several cities and, where the name says so, more than one state. Everything on this page is computed from filings whose worksite city is Louisville itself, so the numbers above are city figures, not area figures.
Ranked by number of filings, not by pay and not by quality. This is not a “best employers” list. Employers with fewer than 10 filings here show the count only. 1,208 employers in total filed for a worksite in Louisville; the 25 above are those with the most filings. Those with at least 10 certified filings have their own page; the rest are counted here but do not.
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 ·Basis worksite city as filed; counted across the whole coverage period, not one year
The table above ranks employers by how many roles they filed for a worksite here. This list is a different question: employers whose filing address is in Louisville, KY, that have their own page, and that are not already in that table. The two are not the same set — an employer can be headquartered here and file most of its roles elsewhere.
Yum Connect, LLC (114) · Taco Bell Corp. (53) · Diversified Automation, Inc. (15)
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035, employer address as filed) ·Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Basis employer filing address, not worksite; counts are that employer’s certified filings everywhere, not only in Louisville
We build a page for a city once it has at least 50 certified filings — 2,578 cities qualify, and 2,298 of those also clear our content threshold and are listed in the city index. Below the filing threshold we do not publish a median, because a median from a small number of filings reads like a market rate and is not one. Those filings are still counted on their employer's page.