Associate Professor H-1B Salary

1,098 certified H-1B filings list the job title Associate Professor (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $125,960; the middle half of filings fall between $97,596 and $165,000. The largest sponsor for this title is Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (22 filings).

1,098
certified filings
$125,960
Median base salary
$97,596
25th pct
$165,000
75th pct
$274,917
90th pct
$76,216
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
$76,216$125,960 median$274,917

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY2026207$125,004
FY2025331$130,000
FY2024296$125,000
FY2023264$124,150

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
New York, NY28$160,746
Atlanta, GA20$162,500
Boston, MA20$150,500
Chicago, IL20$112,196
Charlottesville, VA18$140,000
Little Rock, AR18$368,750
Houston, TX17$196,000
Milwaukee, WI17$327,636
Salt Lake City, UT17$176,000
Birmingham, AL16$294,861
College Station, TX14$131,248
Detroit, MI14$118,570
Raleigh, NC13$132,609
New Haven, CT12$198,750
Piscataway, NJ12$153,696
Pittsburgh, PA12$141,194
New Orleans, LA11$140,000
Philadelphia, PA11$234,000
Indianapolis, IN10$125,390
Memphis, TN10$90,691

Associate Professor salary by employer

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

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey22$153,696
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences18$384,000
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska17$76,426
University of Utah16$212,078
Texas A&M University15$132,500
North Carolina State University14$126,766
Yale University14$213,584
Emory University13$201,862
The Pennsylvania State University13$145,620
Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.12$393,663
The University of Virginia12$100,000
University of Colorado Denver11$133,690
University of Pittsburgh11$133,140
Arizona State University10$120,000
Columbia University10$182,500
The University of Alabama at Birmingham10$234,930
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY10$140,914
University of Minnesota10$107,345
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY10$123,614
Cornell University9$140,000
Indiana University9$129,697
Johns Hopkins University9$182,500
University of Illinois9$110,684
Duke University8$239,100
Georgia Institute of Technology8$130,040
Northwestern University8$148,755
Purdue University8$131,796
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center8$105,657
University of California, Berkeley8$138,700
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY8$125,196
University of Michigan8$134,792
University of Notre Dame du Lac8$130,000
UT Southwestern Medical Center8$235,000
Mississippi State University7$94,095
The University of Chicago7$275,000
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI7$144,765
Washington University7$234,001
West Virginia University7$120,765
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN LUIS OBISPO6$107,874
East Carolina University6$141,122
Hofstra University6$121,500
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai6$180,000
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER6$129,984
The Ohio State University6$102,740
The University of Iowa6$138,810
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE6$100,576
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center6$204,864
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA6$257,500
University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, PC6$459,610
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA6$137,100

Related job titles

Clinical Associate Professor $201,283Associate Teaching Professor $97,460Research Associate Professor $100,000Associate $147,368Professor $180,000Assistant Professor $106,667Senior Associate $90,000Research Associate $70,000Postdoctoral Associate $66,499Associate Attorney $160,000

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