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Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 25-1126. 667 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $76,561, middle half $65,000–$93,000.

Applications (LCAs)667

Median offered salary$76,561

Middle half of salaries$65,000–$93,000

10th–90th percentile$56,473–$115,000

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	407	$72,670
Level II (qualified)	95	$80,000
Level III (experienced)	32	$100,000
Level IV (fully competent)	9	$179,000

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
Olivet University	19	$68,880
University of Pittsburgh	16	$91,295
Emory University	10	$75,510
The University of Southern California	10	$89,920
University of Notre Dame du Lac	9	$125,000
Oklahoma State University	8	$57,077
Yale University	8	$148,000
University of California, Berkeley	7	$120,900
University of Washington	7	$94,797
Villanova University	7	$60,555
Bowdoin College	7	$81,500
Georgia State University	7	$56,041
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	7	$116,500
Loyola University Chicago	6	$84,963
Northwestern University	6	$90,000
Johns Hopkins University	6	$66,066
The University of Chicago	6	$88,450
Dallas Theological Seminary	6	$76,125
University of Colorado	6	$53,768
University of Maryland College Park	5	$81,580
Thomas Aquinas College	5	$79,647
St. John's College	5	$74,942
Lutheran University Association Inc.	5	$50,840
University of Wisconsin System	5	$95,000
University of California, Santa Cruz	5	$190,000
Andrews University	5	$55,060
President and Board of Trustees of Santa Clara College	5	$86,528
Carnegie Mellon University	5	$81,354
Purdue University	5	$76,148
Georgetown University	5	$70,341
Colgate University	5	$67,650
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	5	$85,000
University of Texas Medical Branch	5	$120,540
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	5	$93,000
Boston College	5	$90,000
Washington University	5	$58,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS at El Paso	4	$78,573
Harvard University	4	$95,530
Brown University	4	$87,500
Colorado Christian University	4	$72,590
Duke University	4	$106,100
Vanderbilt University	4	$98,875
Case Western Reserve University	4	$82,500
DePaul University	4	$59,040
Saint Louis University	4	$70,373
Skidmore College	4	$75,000
Trinity University	4	$60,000
Fairfield University	4	$100,871
University of California, Irvine	4	$97,500
The University of Alabama	4	$51,634

Cities

Chicago, IL$84,710

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	156	$73,345
FY2024	187	$76,502
FY2025	189	$77,100
FY2026	135	$79,647

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).