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Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 25-1042. 1,795 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $90,000, middle half $71,600–$111,000.

Applications (LCAs)1,795

Median offered salary$90,000

Middle half of salaries$71,600–$111,000

10th–90th percentile$60,000–$135,000

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	980	$82,500
Level II (qualified)	432	$102,200
Level III (experienced)	82	$120,000
Level IV (fully competent)	48	$137,023

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

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
Weill Cornell Medical College	70	$90,000
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	57	$85,000
Harvard University	47	$86,188
University of Michigan	43	$124,388
Yale University	32	$130,400
University of California, San Diego	32	$112,800
Texas A&M University	28	$95,000
The Pennsylvania State University	25	$85,580
University of California, Davis	22	$118,555
University of Florida	22	$97,712
Cornell University	20	$117,548
The Florida State University	19	$90,000
Regents of the University of California at Riverside	19	$104,550
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	18	$120,000
University of Georgia	17	$95,000
University of Illinois	17	$87,623
University of Pittsburgh	16	$80,000
Michigan State University	16	$93,500
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	15	$132,950
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	14	$104,933
University of Wisconsin System	14	$175,000
Columbia University	14	$144,200
The Curators of the University of Missouri	14	$67,002
The University of Arizona	13	$101,875
Texas State University	13	$68,331
Brown University	13	$123,000
Purdue University	13	$93,342
The Ohio State University	12	$111,250
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	12	$90,000
University of South Florida	12	$93,513
The University of Texas at Austin	11	$105,000
Oklahoma State University	11	$67,227
Loyola University Chicago	11	$96,677
Utah State University	11	$92,000
State University of New York at Stony Brook	11	$96,000
University of Minnesota	10	$90,564
University of Washington	10	$90,752
Florida International University	10	$74,685
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.	10	$72,000
Case Western Reserve University	9	$96,720
University of California, Irvine	9	$135,000
Emory University	9	$135,000
University of Notre Dame du Lac	9	$114,090
Southwestern Oklahoma State University	9	$45,755
University of Maryland Baltimore	9	$116,000
Iowa State University of Science and Technology	8	$69,000
The University of Tennessee	8	$95,000
University of Hawaii	8	$100,008
The University of Virginia	8	$78,450
The University of Chicago	8	$140,000

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	448	$87,780
FY2024	456	$88,000
FY2025	549	$91,936
FY2026	342	$95,000

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).