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Professor H-1B salaries

Employers filed 291 certified H-1B applications for Professor roles between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $185,000.

Median salary offered
$185,000
Middle half earn
$136,002 to $263,710
Top 10% earn over
$367,315
Certified filings
291

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Pay by employer

EmployerFilingsMedianMiddle half
Cornell University8$263,320$242,972 – $317,350
University of Notre Dame du Lac8$182,500$175,000 – $188,350
Johns Hopkins University6$265,148$229,895 – $292,600
Harvard University6$295,666$274,600 – $304,483
Yale University6$243,000$231,600 – $287,400
University of Utah6$168,300$165,400 – $196,250
University of Wisconsin System6$214,726$204,314 – $224,951
Texas A&M University5$200,000$173,395 – $279,450
The University of Texas at Austin5$210,000$180,000 – $210,000
University of Michigan5$189,405$189,058 – $209,926
University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, PC4$351,500$315,750 – $508,500
University of California, Los Angeles4$238,650$196,250 – $284,600
Columbia University4$400,000$384,686 – $425,000
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center4$407,500$388,625 – $416,250
University of California at Santa Barbara4$171,250$163,425 – $180,000
Northwestern University4$244,500$234,250 – $250,000
University of Rochester4$195,500$175,750 – $200,000
Duke University4$367,315$363,042 – $375,486
University of Florida3$160,000$145,000 – $173,978
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center3$86,382$86,382 – $86,382
Wayne State University3$105,997$105,997 – $109,098
North Carolina State University3$153,672$153,543 – $189,858
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey3$208,561$185,780 – $386,386
The Pennsylvania State University3$200,016$170,010 – $207,522
Regents of the University of California at Riverside3$235,800$227,900 – $240,800
Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.3$382,000$382,000 – $571,000
The University of Alabama at Birmingham3$450,008$405,007 – $725,005
University of California, Santa Cruz3$199,600$182,300 – $206,850
Florida International University3$800,000$478,662 – $800,000
University of Miami3$155,627$144,878 – $202,814
UT Southwestern Medical Center3$200,000$188,000 – $200,000
The Trustees of Princeton University3$275,000$273,740 – $298,332
University of California, Berkeley3$190,300$190,165 – $275,300
University of Houston3$155,000$134,250 – $158,750
The Ohio University3$140,000$113,362 – $152,500
University of Illinois3$151,167$140,584 – $160,584
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center3$375,311$333,042 – $437,944
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska2$124,932$109,761 – $140,102
Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, on behalf of University of Illinois Springfield2$150,000$150,000 – $150,000
Art Center College of Design2$122,427$122,427 – $122,427
Baylor College of Medicine2$428,320$369,980 – $486,660
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund2$155,082$151,623 – $158,541
Trustees of Boston University2$283,568$277,601 – $289,535
University of Maryland College Park2$276,070$270,771 – $281,368
California State Polytechnic University Humboldt2$119,508$119,508 – $119,508
University of Connecticut Health Center2$545,000$417,500 – $672,500
Wake Forest University Health Sciences2$184,998$152,496 – $217,499
Virginia University of Integrative Medicine2$85,675$85,675 – $85,675
University of North Carolina at Charlotte2$174,094$173,640 – $174,547
LaGuardia Community College2$87,895$83,542 – $92,248

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.
CityFilingsMedianMiddle half
New York, NY9$338,745$200,000 – $400,000
Houston, TX9$290,773$162,500 – $375,311
Ithaca, NY8$263,320$242,972 – $317,350
Boston, MA8$270,817$226,333 – $297,360
Baltimore, MD7$270,400$239,895 – $318,750
Dallas, TX7$354,500$200,000 – $407,500
Notre Dame, IN7$185,000$177,500 – $191,700
Birmingham, AL7$378,000$342,503 – $675,004
Salt Lake City, UT6$168,300$165,400 – $196,250
Madison, WI6$214,726$204,314 – $224,951
Los Angeles, CA5$200,000$185,000 – $277,300
College Station, TX5$200,000$173,395 – $279,450
Rochester, NY5$191,000$130,000 – $200,000
New Haven, CT5$236,400$230,000 – $249,600
Austin, TX5$210,000$180,000 – $210,000
Ann Arbor, MI5$189,405$189,058 – $209,926
Chicago, IL5$250,000$133,303 – $250,000
Princeton, NJ4$273,740$266,860 – $286,666
Santa Barbara, CA4$171,250$163,425 – $180,000
Cambridge, MA4$294,200$277,166 – $301,250

By experience level

Wage levelFilingsMedian
Level I71$166,100
Level II73$164,000
Level III57$191,000
Level IV58$247,500

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

By year

Year filedFilingsMedian
202336$160,162
2024114$186,478
202592$185,000
202649$200,000