1,463 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 277 filings that reported a wage for a worksite in West Lafayette, IN — of 1,463 certified filings in total. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $97,706 median of 159 | 159 |
| FY2025 | $92,912 median of 277 | 277 |
| FY2024 | $84,226 median of 250 | 250 |
| FY2023 | $83,554 median of 246 | 246 |
| FY2022 | $82,000 median of 280 | 280 |
| FY2021 | $75,275 median of 251 | 251 |
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 West Lafayette, IN fall inside the federal statistical area LAFAYETTE-WEST LAFAYETTE, 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 West Lafayette itself, so the numbers above are city figures, not area figures.
| Employer | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Purdue University | $80,100 median of 1,127 | 1,127 |
| Quasistatics Inc. | $96,500 median of 13 | 13 |
| Microsoft Corporation | $125,000 median of 12 | 12 |
| Cook Research Inc. | $121,500 median of 12 | 12 |
| Inari Agriculture, Inc. | $114,332 median of 11 | 11 |
| Dexteroususa, Inc | 6 filings — too few for a median | 6 |
| Amazon | 5 filings — too few for a median | 5 |
| Oracle America, Inc. | 5 filings — too few for a median | 5 |
| Blue Wave Capital and Consulting LLC Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 5 filings — too few for a median | 5 |
| Inotiv, Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
| Dassault Systemes Americas Corp | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
| Toralgen Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
| Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| ServiceNow, Inc. | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Fresh World Market IN LLC Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| The P.E. Tucker Insurance Agency Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Dassault Systemes Simulia Corp | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Binary Tech Consulting Corp | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Meta | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Salud Revenue Partners, LLC Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Gallup, Inc. | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Maplebear Inc. | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Lite Magnesium Products Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
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. 178 employers in total filed for a worksite in West Lafayette; the 24 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
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.