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Education Administrators, Postsecondary: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 11-9033. 926 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $89,055, middle half $70,000–$125,000.

Applications (LCAs)926

Median offered salary$89,055

Middle half of salaries$70,000–$125,000

10th–90th percentile$61,918–$184,792

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	372	$73,337
Level II (qualified)	212	$105,000
Level III (experienced)	92	$142,614
Level IV (fully competent)	73	$200,000

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

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
The University of Chicago	33	$76,762
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	23	$134,550
University of Notre Dame du Lac	22	$72,571
Trustees of Boston University	16	$87,500
University of Pittsburgh	15	$73,000
Indiana University	12	$72,686
Arizona State University	12	$104,818
Tufts University	11	$160,000
Savannah College of Art and Design, Inc.	11	$125,500
University of Illinois	10	$85,750
University of Florida	10	$90,064
New York University	9	$157,500
The Ohio State University	9	$64,715
University of Michigan	9	$87,500
The University of Arizona	9	$103,480
University of California, Los Angeles	9	$128,045
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	8	$102,995
Cornell University	8	$130,529
Georgetown University	8	$122,596
University of Massachusetts Amherst	8	$64,486
University of Connecticut	8	$57,505
University of Utah	8	$92,500
Case Western Reserve University	8	$71,199
Colby College	8	$62,000
Wake Forest University	8	$63,357
University of Nevada, Las Vegas	8	$150,000
University of California, Berkeley	8	$295,115
Kent State University	7	$168,096
Carnegie Mellon University	7	$70,000
Hult International Business School, Inc	6	$76,750
W.M. Rice University	6	$89,350
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	6	$89,694
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	6	$103,861
Washington University	6	$84,450
Olivet University	6	$76,960
Florida International University	5	$109,200
Auburn University	5	$148,905
Oberlin College	5	$72,500
The Ohio University	5	$66,300
Brandeis University	5	$83,044
University of California, Davis	5	$190,000
University of Central Florida	5	$89,690
Yale University	5	$106,430
The Pennsylvania State University	5	$255,212
The University of Iowa	5	$648,855
A. T. Still University of Health Sciences	4	$126,500
Oregon State University	4	$109,860
Ivy Tech Community College	4	$91,500
Michigan State University	4	$209,110
North Carolina State University	4	$77,500

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	237	$82,528
FY2024	229	$84,000
FY2025	267	$92,498
FY2026	193	$90,000

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).