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Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary: green card (PERM) sponsors

241 PERM labor certification applications for this occupation (SOC 25-1124). Median offered salary $71,852; median time to certification 484 days.

PERM applications241
Median offered salary$71,852
Middle half of salaries$59,000–$85,000
10th–90th percentile$52,000–$90,835

Top green card sponsors

EmployerPERM applicationsMedian salary
US Army Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center16$87,887
University of Michigan7$63,232
University of Arkansas6$46,170
University of Notre Dame du Lac6$87,465
Texas Tech University5$66,000
Indiana University5$53,570
University of Oklahoma4$51,000
Georgia Institute of Technology4$84,250
The University of Chicago4$70,026
Univ of WI System4$74,612
Columbia University4$76,125
The University of Mississippi4$44,612
Northwestern University4$70,000
The President & Fellows of Middlebury College3$87,887
University of Pittsburgh3$60,000
Bryn Mawr College3$86,000
Colgate University3$92,600
Bard College3$90,835
Yale University3$110,000
Bowdoin College3$80,000
Vanderbilt University3$68,000
University of Virginia3$60,000
University of Washington3$88,038
Northern Arizona University2$60,000
Syracuse University2$59,906
Massachusetts Institute of Technology2$75,617
The University of Kansas2$70,000
Oberlin College2$81,048
Colorado Seminary2$45,230
Trustees of Grinnell College2$85,500
Appalachian State University2$63,250
Wake Forest University2$60,000
Duke University2$59,975
Colby College2$80,500
University of Oregon2$47,500
University of Massachusetts, Amherst2$80,500
University of Rhode Island2$69,862
Connecticut College2$74,250
Auburn University2$65,500
University of California, Berkeley2$95,504
University of California, Santa Cruz2$94,268
California State University, Fullerton2$85,554
Harvard University2$104,000
College of William and Mary2$63,448
University of California, Irvine2$93,800
Lehigh University2$77,500
University of Georgia; OGE2$60,000
The University of Tulsa1$52,000
Vassar College1$56,680
University of Kentucky1$81,723

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Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications. PERM certification is one step toward a green card; USCIS decides the petition. Not legal advice. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC PERM Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2024–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).