H1B Salary Data

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Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 25-1124. 2,069 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $66,250, middle half $57,500–$80,000.

Applications (LCAs)2,069
Median offered salary$66,250
Middle half of salaries$57,500–$80,000
10th–90th percentile$51,937–$90,000

By wage level

Wage levelLCAsMedian salary
Level I (entry)1,302$64,910
Level II (qualified)292$81,649
Level III (experienced)26$86,000
Level IV (fully competent)7$110,700

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
US Army Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center140$70,250
The President & Fellows of Middlebury College66$66,186
University of Michigan61$59,474
Harvard University44$73,600
Duke University38$58,150
Yale University33$85,500
The Trustees of Princeton University32$80,830
University of Wisconsin System28$72,213
The University of Virginia27$67,000
Northwestern University27$68,500
University of Illinois27$59,000
New York University26$85,000
The University of Texas at Austin26$55,000
University of Arkansas25$42,550
Columbia University24$73,182
The University of Southern California24$62,800
The University of Chicago22$69,968
University of Oklahoma21$52,000
The Ohio State University19$60,000
University of Georgia; OGE19$65,000
University of California, Berkeley19$91,718
Indiana University19$55,000
University of Mississippi18$48,842
Washington University18$57,582
University of Notre Dame du Lac17$84,000
Emory University17$72,507
The University of Kansas17$58,000
The University of Tennessee17$51,500
The Pennsylvania State University16$57,996
Trustees of Boston University14$80,742
Cornell University14$67,300
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania13$60,289
Carleton College13$65,500
Vanderbilt University13$70,000
Johns Hopkins University13$66,200
Southern Methodist University12$56,000
University of Utah12$65,000
Bard College12$86,736
University of California at Santa Barbara12$93,850
Trustees of Grinnell College12$65,000
Vassar College12$91,766
University of Minnesota11$55,550
North Carolina State University11$50,960
University of Florida11$58,000
Oberlin College10$63,424
Georgetown University10$63,000
Texas Tech University10$66,000
University of California, Davis10$79,118
Purdue University10$78,000
University of Pittsburgh10$65,000

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal yearLCAsMedian salary
FY2023540$64,330
FY2024547$64,910
FY2025557$68,100
FY2026425$71,100

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).