Assistant Professor H-1B salaries

Employers filed 15,786 certified H-1B applications for Assistant Professor roles between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $109,000.

Median salary offered: $109,000
Middle half earn: $88,000 to $142,000
Top 10% earn over: $230,000
Certified filings: 15,786

Every filing

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Pay by employer

Employer	Filings	Median	Middle half
The University of Alabama at Birmingham	253	$175,261	$110,000 – $256,006
Emory University	204	$230,348	$128,875 – $355,553
Purdue University	203	$111,405	$98,663 – $132,000
Texas A&M University	198	$105,002	$93,002 – $125,000
The Pennsylvania State University	187	$101,700	$91,008 – $119,004
University of Minnesota	186	$91,164	$72,363 – $120,000
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	182	$137,658	$110,152 – $199,160
University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, PC	174	$232,387	$190,002 – $296,704
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	171	$75,000	$71,666 – $99,938
University of Illinois	163	$112,500	$87,522 – $139,585
University of Michigan	161	$126,500	$98,000 – $136,591
University of Wisconsin System	155	$117,000	$103,814 – $136,000
Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.	153	$271,717	$243,115 – $410,000
Washington University	151	$137,000	$105,000 – $229,848
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	149	$267,569	$227,520 – $400,000
Johns Hopkins University	147	$145,000	$118,828 – $170,550
Yale University	146	$170,700	$125,800 – $252,825
The University of Texas at Austin	143	$122,000	$108,468 – $138,000
University of Florida	133	$100,000	$94,000 – $125,000
The Florida State University	132	$100,462	$92,104 – $124,416
The University of Virginia	132	$106,400	$92,662 – $140,000
Indiana University	127	$95,000	$73,231 – $119,250
Columbia University	125	$152,010	$124,000 – $260,000
The University of Tennessee	124	$98,520	$89,143 – $112,607
Michigan State University	124	$100,000	$85,000 – $111,108
The Ohio State University	122	$108,253	$93,004 – $126,530
Cornell University	121	$135,000	$115,000 – $165,000
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	117	$87,500	$74,500 – $135,000
University of Kentucky	116	$179,196	$94,058 – $252,812
Arizona State University	113	$108,000	$95,000 – $125,000
Texas Tech University	111	$88,000	$77,894 – $114,000
University of Pittsburgh	111	$107,000	$92,729 – $135,000
University of New Mexico	110	$113,050	$76,240 – $209,990
University of Washington	109	$118,188	$98,100 – $135,000
University of Hawaii	109	$109,152	$94,000 – $129,996
University of Oklahoma	109	$94,000	$82,000 – $102,500
BOR USGA obo Augusta University	105	$125,000	$110,000 – $300,000
Georgia Institute of Technology	102	$121,000	$107,625 – $131,150
UT Southwestern Medical Center	101	$185,400	$130,000 – $315,000
The University of Texas at Dallas	100	$128,388	$105,000 – $203,758
North Carolina State University	99	$106,088	$93,500 – $128,544
University of Utah	99	$131,000	$99,041 – $243,600
Louisiana State University and A&M College	98	$95,683	$85,000 – $128,750
University of Houston	97	$102,600	$90,000 – $122,000
Trustees of Boston University	96	$143,161	$115,750 – $212,000
The University of Iowa	94	$106,800	$91,850 – $150,237
Harvard University	93	$157,412	$125,000 – $295,000
Duke University	93	$150,000	$117,500 – $262,000
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	93	$124,804	$110,000 – $333,333
University of South Florida	90	$112,680	$90,088 – $130,000

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.

City	Filings	Median	Middle half
Birmingham, AL	405	$210,000	$127,982 – $275,000
Houston, TX	377	$120,000	$95,000 – $180,600
New York, NY	374	$137,000	$100,679 – $180,000
Atlanta, GA	326	$132,714	$108,000 – $250,000
Boston, MA	282	$135,000	$112,000 – $201,675
Baltimore, MD	240	$135,000	$110,000 – $160,864
Chicago, IL	206	$125,418	$90,000 – $150,000
Milwaukee, WI	191	$250,891	$121,504 – $410,000
St. Louis, MO	187	$160,000	$110,000 – $240,000
College Station, TX	187	$108,000	$93,788 – $125,165
West Lafayette, IN	185	$112,000	$100,003 – $133,500
Los Angeles, CA	168	$126,968	$92,538 – $146,049
Madison, WI	159	$117,000	$102,500 – $136,000
New Haven, CT	155	$160,000	$115,000 – $246,800
Little Rock, AR	153	$261,900	$217,000 – $389,000
Austin, TX	152	$124,000	$110,000 – $151,392
Pittsburgh, PA	144	$115,634	$96,000 – $138,438
Tallahassee, FL	134	$100,462	$92,104 – $123,273
Minneapolis, MN	134	$90,224	$66,014 – $115,750
Charlottesville, VA	133	$122,200	$98,000 – $161,000

By experience level

Wage level	Filings	Median
Level I	8,395	$101,841
Level II	3,479	$128,000
Level III	956	$150,000
Level IV	364	$173,130

Levels I to IV are the Labor Department's experience bands, from entry level (I) to fully competent (IV).

By year

Year filed	Filings	Median
2023	1,402	$108,006
2024	5,104	$105,019
2025	5,864	$110,000
2026	3,416	$113,000