H1B Salary Data

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Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 25-1062. 523 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $78,288, middle half $65,000–$90,000.

Applications (LCAs)523
Median offered salary$78,288
Middle half of salaries$65,000–$90,000
10th–90th percentile$58,027–$105,160

By wage level

Wage levelLCAsMedian salary
Level I (entry)338$75,000
Level II (qualified)75$84,000
Level III (experienced)7$100,000
Level IV (fully competent)3$168,000

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.

Employers

EmployerLCAsMedian salary
University of Pittsburgh22$61,000
New York University15$93,000
University of Michigan12$80,500
The Pennsylvania State University12$58,032
University of Wisconsin System11$85,500
Arizona State University11$65,090
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund11$60,800
State University of New York at Binghamton10$78,000
University of California at Santa Barbara9$106,100
Cornell University9$102,900
The University of Texas at Austin9$103,591
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill8$84,250
University of Illinois8$78,821
The University of Chicago8$85,000
Brown University8$69,585
University of California, Berkeley8$113,500
University of Oregon7$85,865
University of Massachusetts Amherst7$75,479
Yale University7$94,860
Washington University7$67,000
Wake Forest University6$60,970
University of California, Los Angeles6$111,398
The University of Arizona6$76,146
The Ohio State University6$77,315
Hamilton College6$88,900
The Trustees of Princeton University6$78,350
University of California, San Diego5$96,927
University of California, Davis5$109,300
The Curators of the University of Missouri5$45,000
University of South Florida5$60,000
University of California, Irvine5$105,700
Columbia University5$68,760
Indiana University5$70,885
Trustees of the Smith College4$83,830
Trustees of Dartmouth College4$64,600
The College of Wooster4$72,000
Wesleyan University4$72,500
The Florida State University4$68,000
University of Minnesota4$86,624
University of Florida4$68,132
Bowdoin College4$79,500
Grand Valley State University4$73,020
The University of Southern California3$92,540
State University of New York at Buffalo3$205,000
Susquehanna University3$55,000
Mount Holyoke College3$90,000
University of Montana3$61,657
University of Maryland College Park3$93,682
Pace University3$81,804
University of Washington3$86,175

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal yearLCAsMedian salary
FY2023120$72,000
FY2024154$76,900
FY2025158$80,000
FY202691$81,754

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).