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Assistant Professor: H-1B salaries

22,203 labor condition applications used the job title Assistant Professor. Median offered base salary $106,000; middle half $86,850–$137,000.

Applications (LCAs)22,203
Median offered salary$106,000
Middle half of salaries$86,850–$137,000
10th–90th percentile$71,750–$213,522

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Employers

EmployerLCAsMedian salary
The University of Alabama at Birmingham353$106,545
Purdue University277$110,000
Emory University274$215,000
The Pennsylvania State University274$101,604
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey267$135,000
Texas A&M University266$100,584
University of Minnesota262$104,489
University of Michigan262$117,144
University of Illinois241$110,000
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska238$75,000
University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, PC237$232,387
University of Wisconsin System228$115,776
Yale University208$170,000
Johns Hopkins University206$138,776
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences192$265,084
The University of Virginia190$104,350
Columbia University189$160,000
University of Florida189$99,914
The University of Texas at Austin188$116,699
Michigan State University187$99,500
Washington University181$131,500
Texas Tech University181$89,223
Georgia Institute of Technology180$120,000
The Florida State University178$97,500
Arizona State University177$106,000
Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.175$252,691
The Ohio State University172$110,000
Cornell University165$133,350
Indiana University161$96,000
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston159$124,000
University of Pittsburgh158$102,012
University of Washington158$117,900
The University of Tennessee153$97,129
BOR USGA obo Augusta University151$121,000
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley150$88,000
University of New Mexico146$98,080
The University of Texas at Dallas146$122,000
UT Southwestern Medical Center144$191,800
Louisiana State University and A&M College144$93,458
Trustees of Boston University143$140,099
University of Utah143$125,000
University of Hawaii139$107,406
University of Kentucky138$138,312
Oklahoma State University137$73,430
North Carolina State University136$101,882
University of Oklahoma135$94,000
Duke University134$149,000
University of Delaware129$100,810
University of Maryland College Park129$122,212
Harvard University129$148,250
University of California, Davis125$125,800
University of Louisville122$109,778
University of Houston121$102,500
University of California, Berkeley117$128,200
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center114$105,926
University of North Texas113$85,750
Auburn University110$94,000
Iowa State University of Science and Technology110$101,750
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center110$149,000
The University of Iowa109$110,000

By wage level

Wage levelMedian salary
Level I (entry)$100,000
Level II (qualified)$121,668
Level III (experienced)$140,000
Level IV (fully competent)$159,624

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.

By fiscal year

Fiscal yearLCAsMedian salary
FY20234,824$100,000
FY20245,054$105,000
FY20256,364$108,500
FY20264,659$112,000

Cities

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).