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Instructor: H-1B salaries

2,048 labor condition applications used the job title Instructor. Median offered base salary $76,380; middle half $66,883–$91,943.

Applications (LCAs)2,048

Median offered salary$76,380

Middle half of salaries$66,883–$91,943

10th–90th percentile$56,881–$127,000

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Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	204	$48,360
Washington University	131	$80,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	114	$90,000
UT Southwestern Medical Center	111	$74,450
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	109	$91,000
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	102	$75,804
Baylor College of Medicine	68	$77,250
University of Nebraska Medical Center	39	$59,025
Johns Hopkins University	39	$83,699
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	38	$75,644
The University of Alabama at Birmingham	38	$73,285
Weill Cornell Medical College	36	$86,601
Emory University	35	$79,000
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	34	$78,280
MAHARISHI International UNIVERSITY	34	$64,000
Columbia University	33	$111,150
Oregon State University	33	$74,772
University of Mississippi Medical Center	29	$73,000
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.	27	$73,123
University of Connecticut Health Center	25	$67,254
Harvard University	23	$105,310
University of Illinois	22	$57,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	22	$100,000
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	20	$54,050
Yale University	18	$106,000
Duke University	16	$58,654
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	16	$70,000
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	15	$68,820
University of Miami	15	$86,019
Washington University in St. Louis	15	$240,000
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	14	$75,000
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	13	$67,500
University of Rochester	13	$70,000
Texas Tech University	12	$70,666
Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.	12	$95,450
La Jolla Institute for Immunology	12	$71,214
University of Colorado Denver	11	$63,378
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center	11	$65,436
Colorado State University	11	$56,181
Louisiana State University and A&M College	11	$54,581
DePaul University	10	$80,000
The Trustees of Princeton University	10	$107,113
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	10	$275,000
Santa Fe South Schools Inc.	9	$48,878
Virginia Commonwealth University	9	$73,732
University of Maryland Baltimore	9	$220,000
Syracuse University	9	$106,392
Northern Illinois University	8	$56,846
Michigan State University	8	$69,818
Arizona State University	8	$74,000
University of Oklahoma	8	$49,375
The University of Iowa	8	$116,625
Kent State University	7	—
University of Louisville	7	$80,000
University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, PC	7	$260,000
University of Hawaii	7	$71,160
The Ohio State University	7	$100,000
The University of Alabama	7	$57,500
New York Society for Relief of Ruptured & Crippled	6	$93,913
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	6	$92,754

By wage level

Wage level	Median salary
Level I (entry)	$73,285
Level II (qualified)	$84,026
Level III (experienced)	$95,000
Level IV (fully competent)	$125,000

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 year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	403	$72,000
FY2024	459	$77,000
FY2025	476	$76,954
FY2026	376	$80,000

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).