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Instructor H-1B salaries

Employers filed 1,447 certified H-1B applications for Instructor roles between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $76,200. The typical offer was 23% above the prevailing wage, the minimum the law sets for the job and place.

Median salary offered
$76,200
Middle half earn
$66,188 to $90,770
Top 10% earn over
$125,000
Certified filings
1,447

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Pay by employer

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University148$62,837−18%$53,175 – $65,354
Washington University102$82,097+8%$70,303 – $118,750
UT Southwestern Medical Center87$75,000−2%$69,500 – $83,050
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai82$90,000+18%$81,490 – $105,000
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center79$76,4000%$70,604 – $80,000
The Leland Stanford, Jr University73$91,000+19%$85,000 – $100,000
Baylor College of Medicine49$78,000+2%$75,000 – $90,000
MAHARISHI International UNIVERSITY33$64,000−16%$56,000 – $68,000
The University of Alabama at Birmingham31$73,285−4%$71,944 – $87,954
University of Nebraska Medical Center28$60,436−21%$57,030 – $64,443
Weill Cornell Medical College27$88,000+15%$79,390 – $99,375
Albert Einstein College of Medicine27$77,250+1%$74,263 – $80,000
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School26$76,0000%$74,838 – $76,000
Columbia University24$112,500+48%$97,796 – $127,865
Emory University23$80,000+5%$76,514 – $83,206
University of Mississippi Medical Center23$74,069−3%$68,964 – $105,692
Johns Hopkins University23$85,398+12%$78,320 – $97,798
Oregon State University20$77,694+2%$66,289 – $89,829
University of Connecticut Health Center20$68,000−11%$64,154 – $68,753
Harvard University17$118,296+55%$90,000 – $135,000
University of Illinois17$57,000−25%$55,000 – $74,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania14$100,000+31%$90,112 – $136,250
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University13$53,614−30%$52,000 – $59,496
Duke University13$59,655−22%$55,178 – $61,244
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston12$70,000−8%$68,468 – $74,690
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.12$82,502+8%$72,967 – $90,025
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center10$275,000+261%$166,500 – $343,750
University of Rochester10$70,500−7%$69,250 – $86,750
University of Miami10$90,000+18%$81,505 – $90,000
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences10$74,120−3%$68,748 – $83,708
Yale University10$100,000+31%$85,255 – $120,625
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund10$78,821+3%$63,018 – $80,000
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska10$69,500−9%$57,902 – $82,375
Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.10$97,812+28%$83,862 – $125,000
Colorado State University9$56,809−25%$55,689 – $78,000
Syracuse University8$106,392+40%$101,462 – $106,392
The University of Iowa8$116,625+53%$100,000 – $204,152
Washington University in St. Louis8$240,000+215%$225,000 – $240,000
The Trustees of Princeton University7$110,300+45%$105,806 – $111,954
DePaul University7$80,000+5%$80,000 – $99,000
Texas Tech University7$115,565+52%$72,457 – $115,565
Arizona State University7$80,000+5%$69,655 – $81,006
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center7$67,485−11%$64,896 – $70,096
Louisiana State University and A&M College7$58,410−23%$52,804 – $74,693
La Jolla Institute for Immunology7$71,429−6%$70,999 – $77,048
University of Hawaii6$72,084−5%$70,296 – $75,258
Oakland University6$45,000−41%$45,000 – $56,400
Virginia Commonwealth University6$77,974+2%$72,144 – $79,759
Northern Illinois University6$69,030−9%$55,987 – $80,000
University of Louisville5$100,008+31%$75,000 – $100,800

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.
New York, NY146$95,000$84,872 – $112,500
Houston, TX141$76,400$70,720 – $80,000
Daytona Beach, FL123$61,318$51,938 – $65,354
St. Louis, MO106$85,000$71,699 – $240,000
Dallas, TX90$75,000$69,049 – $82,475
Stanford, CA61$90,000$84,000 – $100,000
Omaha, NE37$61,000$56,401 – $65,000
Birmingham, AL35$77,978$72,070 – $152,500
Fairfield, IA33$64,000$56,000 – $68,000
Boston, MA31$90,101$80,000 – $119,148
Worcester, MA30$75,747$72,000 – $76,000
Bronx, NY27$77,250$74,263 – $80,000
Baltimore, MD26$87,682$79,000 – $117,269
Prescott, AZ25$74,818$64,230 – $78,728
Atlanta, GA24$80,000$74,610 – $82,308
Jackson, MS23$74,069$68,964 – $105,692
Farmington, CT20$68,000$64,154 – $68,753
Corvallis, OR19$75,384$65,716 – $89,004
Philadelphia, PA17$100,000$90,000 – $125,000
Urbana, IL14$57,000$51,250 – $70,000

By experience level

Level I648$75,000
Level II437$85,000
Level III58$95,450
Level IV17$135,000

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

By year

2023176$73,784
2024532$75,000
2025476$76,400
2026263$82,600

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