H1B Salary Data

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Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 25-1069. 170 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $83,957, middle half $70,195–$99,949.

Applications (LCAs)170
Median offered salary$83,957
Middle half of salaries$70,195–$99,949
10th–90th percentile$60,000–$123,821

By wage level

Wage levelLCAsMedian salary
Level I (entry)68$81,336
Level II (qualified)28$97,305
Level III (experienced)6$129,017
Level IV (fully competent)1$100,213

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
University of Michigan10$86,381
University of Maryland College Park10$115,606
Cornell University7$82,000
Auburn University5$83,750
University of California, Los Angeles5$134,000
The University of Vermont4$71,000
University of Wisconsin System4$109,693
MAHARISHI International UNIVERSITY4$60,030
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey4$93,750
Brigham Young University3$94,000
University of Notre Dame du Lac3$100,000
American University3$50,770
Ramapo College of New Jersey3$78,596
Monmouth University3$80,500
University of Illinois Chicago3$102,714
Rochester Institute of Technology2$55,150
Western Michigan University2$72,926
University of California, Berkeley2$85,701
Texas A&M International University2$65,000
Quincy University Corporation2$60,000
Purdue University2$113,000
Brown University2$73,492
The Leland Stanford, Jr University2$176,908
Arizona State University2$108,250
University of Minnesota2$78,625
Hunter College of the City University of New York2$90,626
New York University2$89,000
The University of Memphis2$68,152
California State University, Sacramento2$78,432
University of California, San Diego2$124,700
The University of Chicago2$82,484
Georgia Institute of Technology2$111,000
The University of Texas at Arlington2$92,500
The Trustees of Princeton University2$165,000
University of Massachusetts Boston2$106,664
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo2$74,652
St. Lawrence University1$71,750
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital1$142,522
California State University Long Beach1$84,624
Trustees of Boston University1$95,680
Bastyr University1$70,980
University of Northern Iowa1$64,799
Jacksonville State University1$66,300
Baruch College1$90,375
The University of Arizona1$60,000
University of New Hampshire1$80,111
State University of New York at Oswego1$65,000
California State University, Northridge1—
University of Illinois at Chicago1$94,000
W.M. Rice University1$70,000

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal yearLCAsMedian salary
FY202342$75,268
FY202439$86,100
FY202545$83,516
FY202644$93,845

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).