Assistant Professor H-1B Salary

19,940 certified H-1B filings list the job title Assistant Professor (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $106,667; the middle half of filings fall between $86,681 and $140,000. The largest sponsor for this title is West Virginia University (301 filings).

19,940
certified filings
$106,667
Median base salary
$86,681
25th pct
$140,000
75th pct
$227,582
90th pct
$71,000
10th pct
Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid; counts are filings, not people. Not legal, financial, or career advice. See our disclaimer & terms.
Data: DOL filings FY2023–FY2026 (through June 2026) · Page updated November 2026
$71,000$106,667 median$227,582

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY20264,032$112,200
FY20255,996$108,726
FY20244,943$105,456
FY20234,969$100,600

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
New York, NY488$135,500
Houston, TX405$118,000
Birmingham, AL389$220,002
Atlanta, GA369$130,000
Boston, MA313$131,000
Chicago, IL251$115,000
Baltimore, MD210$126,161
Milwaukee, WI202$245,758
College Station, TX199$101,250
Morgantown, WV194$111,689
Los Angeles, CA193$123,100
Little Rock, AR190$259,284
Pittsburgh, PA176$115,000
Minneapolis, MN168$89,624
Salt Lake City, UT161$125,000
Charlottesville, VA160$115,850
Omaha, NE160$75,000
New Haven, CT159$152,000
Lubbock, TX156$93,495
Ithaca, NY154$132,935

Assistant Professor salary by employer

Top 50 sponsors by number of filings. Click a column to sort.

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
West Virginia University301$120,765
The University of Alabama at Birmingham270$176,004
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey243$133,000
University of Minnesota234$88,624
Emory University230$219,106
Purdue University230$109,944
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska226$75,000
Texas A&M University223$101,250
The Pennsylvania State University217$100,008
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences193$262,600
University of Illinois193$112,000
University of Michigan185$120,000
University of Utah182$131,650
University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, PC181$235,000
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA178$99,132
Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.170$257,500
Yale University170$180,500
The University of Virginia166$106,900
The Ohio State University159$106,030
Cornell University158$133,200
University of Wisconsin System158$117,000
Washington University155$130,000
The Florida State University151$98,668
Arizona State University148$107,250
Columbia University148$158,039
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE147$97,056
The University of Texas at Austin147$116,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY147$88,000
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY143$100,000
University of Pittsburgh140$102,270
Johns Hopkins University137$140,000
University of Washington135$118,173
North Carolina State University134$102,000
Oklahoma State University134$73,230
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY132$130,812
University of New Mexico132$97,413
University of Oklahoma132$94,000
Texas Tech University131$90,000
Georgia Institute of Technology126$121,000
Indiana University124$95,358
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY120$140,908
Louisiana State University and A&M College119$93,458
Duke University117$150,000
UT Southwestern Medical Center114$188,000
University of Louisville113$130,000
BOR USGA obo Augusta University112$120,000
University of California, Berkeley112$130,400
University of Houston112$103,450
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston108$121,480
Oregon State University106$112,500

Related job titles

Clinical Assistant Professor $184,800Research Assistant Professor $82,500Assistant Research Professor $80,000Assistant Teaching Professor $79,393Visiting Assistant Professor $70,000Assistant Professor - Clinical $235,702Teaching Assistant Professor $75,138Physician - Assistant Professor $275,398Instructional Assistant Professor $79,433Assistant Clinical Professor $140,750

Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid. Not legal, financial, or career advice. Full disclaimer