H1B Salary Data

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Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 25-1067. 357 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $78,000, middle half $64,000–$92,000.

Applications (LCAs)357
Median offered salary$78,000
Middle half of salaries$64,000–$92,000
10th–90th percentile$55,000–$108,685

By wage level

Wage levelLCAsMedian salary
Level I (entry)231$73,000
Level II (qualified)42$87,142
Level III (experienced)5$99,023
Level IV (fully competent)5$275,000

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

EmployerLCAsMedian salary
MAHARISHI International UNIVERSITY11$49,752
Purdue University10$98,000
The University of Virginia9$69,800
University of Illinois8$87,750
New York University5$125,000
University of Hawaii5$87,600
University of Washington5$105,003
Northwestern University5$106,000
Syracuse University5$101,250
Michigan State University5$60,000
Arkansas State University4$52,759
Texas A&M University4$93,006
State University of New York at Oneonta4$55,000
University of Nevada, Reno4$84,750
The University of Chicago4$83,500
University of Georgia; OGE4$90,000
University of Minnesota4$77,500
University of Michigan3$92,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania3$68,000
State University of New York at Stony Brook3$90,000
Emory University3$66,800
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska3$82,000
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University3$59,496
Cornell University3$105,000
Arizona State University3$85,000
Louisiana State University and A&M College3$71,000
Georgia State University3$66,000
California State University, Los Angeles3$82,812
University of South Carolina3$49,210
University of Florida3$87,300
University of California, Davis3$108,200
University of Notre Dame du Lac3$108,675
Augustana College3$46,000
University of California, Santa Cruz3$96,000
University of North Carolina Wilmington3$69,000
The University of Southern California3$62,740
Johns Hopkins University3$70,000
University of Oklahoma3$50,860
The Florida State University3$80,000
University of Massachusetts Boston3$78,000
The University of Arizona3$91,000
Ohio Wesleyan University2$57,000
Trustees of Boston University2$181,467
University of Oregon2$89,000
Trustees of Dartmouth College2$106,000
University of California, Irvine2$105,350
University of Massachusetts Lowell2$85,000
The Ohio State University2$98,752
Butler University2$65,702
University of California, Berkeley2$106,690

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal yearLCAsMedian salary
FY202394$78,086
FY2024109$75,000
FY202591$75,000
FY202663$82,786

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).