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Economics Teachers, Postsecondary: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 25-1063. 1,769 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $110,000, middle half $88,000–$150,000.

Applications (LCAs)1,769

Median offered salary$110,000

Middle half of salaries$88,000–$150,000

10th–90th percentile$73,865–$189,178

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	1,143	$105,000
Level II (qualified)	249	$125,000
Level III (experienced)	62	$144,600
Level IV (fully competent)	22	$164,635

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
The University of Chicago	25	$150,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	23	$181,901
Texas A&M University	22	$98,098
University of Wisconsin System	22	$157,500
Cornell University	21	$162,236
Columbia University	21	$160,000
The Pennsylvania State University	20	$115,086
Arizona State University	18	$153,625
University of Michigan	18	$180,000
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	17	$250,000
University of Pittsburgh	16	$155,758
The University of Southern California	16	$93,180
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	15	$97,443
The Ohio State University	15	$124,184
University of California, Berkeley	15	$203,500
University of Delaware	14	$148,312
Boston College	14	$164,770
University of Illinois	14	$159,000
University of Houston	14	$99,250
The University of Texas at Austin	14	$175,000
University of California, San Diego	14	$187,100
Johns Hopkins University	13	$155,000
New York University	13	$190,000
Trustees of Boston University	12	$180,652
University of Rochester	12	$152,000
Purdue University	12	$119,125
Regents of the University of California at Riverside	12	$163,500
Michigan State University	11	$155,000
University of Arkansas	11	$95,000
Brown University	11	$180,000
Texas Tech University	11	$93,000
The Florida State University	11	$82,259
University of Notre Dame du Lac	11	$167,526
Southern Methodist University	11	$145,000
Harvard University	11	$195,000
Northeastern University	11	$141,967
Indiana University	11	$135,000
The University of Texas at Dallas	10	$120,677
The University of Virginia	10	$167,000
The University of Tennessee	10	$96,814
Georgetown University	10	$175,326
Oberlin College	10	$96,500
Bard College	10	$100,343
Colgate University	10	$95,200
James Madison University	10	$80,000
University of Florida	10	$121,114
Fairfield University	9	$101,927
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	9	$208,000
Univ of WI System/La Crosse	9	$81,000
Georgia Institute of Technology	9	$132,500

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	448	$102,485
FY2024	393	$110,000
FY2025	519	$111,070
FY2026	409	$114,601

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).