H1B Salary Data

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Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 25-1121. 1,337 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $69,550, middle half $59,000–$82,242.

Applications (LCAs)1,337
Median offered salary$69,550
Middle half of salaries$59,000–$82,242
10th–90th percentile$50,000–$95,834

By wage level

Wage levelLCAsMedian salary
Level I (entry)719$65,000
Level II (qualified)238$75,000
Level III (experienced)42$80,000
Level IV (fully competent)16$92,940

The Department of Labor sets four prevailing wage levels for each occupation and area, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). The employer picks the level that matches the job's requirements.

Employers

EmployerLCAsMedian salary
Savannah College of Art and Design, Inc.48$81,231
Cornell University17$99,222
Indiana University17$66,300
The University of Texas at Austin16$86,500
Vivace Academy LLC16$77,663
The Ohio State University15$75,000
The Pennsylvania State University14$78,012
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley14$60,000
Arizona State University13$75,490
Appalachian State University13$61,500
Iowa State University of Science and Technology12$68,330
The Florida State University12$79,038
University of New Mexico12$62,400
University of Illinois12$76,000
Washington University11$82,000
Texas A&M University10$85,000
The University of Kansas9$80,000
The Ohio University9$52,338
University of Michigan9$82,000
Georgia State University9$45,045
University of California, Berkeley9$112,850
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University9$75,000
University of Maryland, Baltimore County9$108,775
University of Wisconsin System8$85,000
Harvard University8$105,126
Johns Hopkins University8$72,000
State University of New York at Binghamton8$73,500
University of Cincinnati8$70,649
Emory University8$80,000
University of Oklahoma8$56,000
Northeastern University8$86,322
University of Connecticut8$81,000
Coastal Carolina University8$63,000
Tufts University7$80,000
Rochester Institute of Technology7$56,530
University of Rochester7$62,000
Texas Tech University7$72,088
Columbia University7$84,590
University of North Texas7$69,000
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska7$87,932
James Madison University7$65,000
Oberlin College7$61,200
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago7$75,000
The Curators of the University of Missouri/University of Missouri-Kansas City7$59,390
Concordia College7$63,500
University of Florida7$80,660
Boise State University7$66,934
University of North Carolina at Charlotte6$69,924
The Curators of the University of Missouri6$45,625
Illinois State University6$70,501

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal yearLCAsMedian salary
FY2023338$67,094
FY2024310$67,500
FY2025378$70,386
FY2026311$71,721

Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications only. An LCA is not a visa approval and one LCA can cover several positions. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2023–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).