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History Teachers, Postsecondary: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 25-1125. 508 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $79,433, middle half $65,720–$97,888.

Applications (LCAs)508

Median offered salary$79,433

Middle half of salaries$65,720–$97,888

10th–90th percentile$56,940–$112,000

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	321	$73,542
Level II (qualified)	76	$88,855
Level III (experienced)	24	$108,840
Level IV (fully competent)	8	$110,193

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
University of Florida	10	$110,000
University of Pittsburgh	9	$72,828
Johns Hopkins University	8	$100,355
Georgetown University	8	$87,818
The University of Tennessee	8	$56,500
The University of Texas at Austin	8	$117,500
Yale University	7	$110,500
New York University	7	$122,236
Arizona State University	7	$62,350
Purdue University	7	$87,400
University of Oklahoma	6	$87,628
University of Michigan	6	$87,333
The University of Chicago	6	$65,000
Harvard University	6	$112,500
The Trustees of Princeton University	5	$101,000
Brown University	5	$100,000
Cornell University	5	$107,400
Bard College	5	$88,000
Wayne State University	5	$100,000
University of California, Berkeley	5	$110,700
Spelman College	5	$73,542
University of Utah	5	$82,750
Regents of the University of California at Riverside	5	$103,000
Brigham Young University	5	$110,193
Fordham University	4	$93,271
Trustees of Dartmouth College	4	$101,750
Oberlin College	4	$85,156
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	4	$65,000
Baylor University	4	$66,811
Southern Methodist University	4	$75,000
Loyola University New Orleans	4	$49,440
University of California, San Diego	4	$92,850
Carleton College	4	$86,580
Wake Forest University	4	$62,196
Oregon State University	4	$60,012
Rhode Island School of Design	4	$48,560
The Ohio State University	4	$97,000
The President & Fellows of Middlebury College	4	$101,943
Columbia University	3	$148,490
Villanova University	3	$81,000
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	3	$50,790
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	3	$152,500
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	3	$118,000
University of South Florida	3	$81,600
Texas A&M International University	3	$67,608
Case Western Reserve University	3	$90,000
Central Washington University	3	$63,500
University of Miami	3	$89,000
BOR USGA obo Augusta University	3	$68,000
W.M. Rice University	3	$92,500

Job titles

Assistant Professor198
Assistant Professor of History61
Associate Professor17
Professor14
Lecturer13
Assistant Professor, History12
Visiting Assistant Professor10
Senior Lecturer5
Instructor4
Teaching Assistant Professor4
Visiting Assistant Professor of History4
Associate Professor of History4
Visiting Professor4
Assistant Teaching Professor3
Clinical Associate Professor3
Assistant Professor of Medieval History3
Instructor of History3
Adjunct Faculty3
Postdoctoral Scholar Teaching Fellow3
Postdoctoral Fellow3
Assistant Professor, Department of History3
Assistant Professor of African History3
Professor and Illinois Chair in Hellenic Studies2
Research Assistant Professor2
Professor of History2
Assistant Professor, Asian History2
Assistant Professor of East Asian History (Tenure Track)2
Instructor in History2
Visiting Professor of History2
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Rank of Instructor2

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	114	$74,500
FY2024	114	$75,000
FY2025	172	$85,236
FY2026	108	$80,000

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).