Adjunct Instructor, H-1B salary
What 138 H-1B filings report for “Adjunct Instructor” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for an Adjunct Instructor?
$78k median H-1B base salary for an Adjunct Instructor, typically $40k to $286k, across 138 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in New York at $279k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1New York33$279k+$201k
- 2California24$92k+$14k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $78kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for an Adjunct Instructor?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Adjunct Instructor roles are New York University; University of California, Los Angeles; Carnegie Mellon University; and University of St. Thomas, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Adjunct Instructor filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1New York University25 filings$279k
- 2University of California, Los Angeles22 filings$92k
- 3Carnegie Mellon University11 filings$75k
- 4University of St. Thomas5 filings$80k
- 5University at Buffalo4 filings$42k
- 6Marquette University4 filings$78k
- 7Loyola University Chicago4 filings$66k
- 8Case Western Reserve University3 filings$124k
- 9University of Rochester3 filings$78k
- 10University of Louisiana at Lafayette3 filings$67k
- 11University of Utah3 filings$41k
- 12University of Detroit Mercy3 filings$67k
- 13Central Georgia Technical College2 filings$46k
- 14Florida A&M University2 filings$64k
- 15Idaho State University2 filings$36k
- 16Nicholls State University2 filings$33k
- 17Portland State University2 filings$80k
- 18Rider University2 filings$59k
- 19University of Kansas2 filings$85k
- 20Weber State University2 filings$43k
- 21Oklahoma State University2 filings$37k
- 22Saint Louis University2 filings$49k
- 23University of South Florida2 filings$219k
- 24Ancilla Domini College1 filings$40k
- 25Central Community College1 filings$90k
- 26Christian Brothers University1 filings$78k
- 27Drexel University1 filings$85k
- 28Emory University1 filings$48k
- 29Georgia Christian University1 filings$42k
- 30Kent State University1 filings$51k
- 31Lincoln University1 filings$146k
- 32Lewis University1 filings$53k
- 33Pacific States University1 filings$55k
- 34Saint John's University1 filings$55k
- 35State University of New York at Potsdam1 filings$55k
- 36St. Norbert College1 filings$59k
- 37Texas A&M University-San Antonio1 filings$96k
- 38Texas A&M University-Kingsville1 filings$42k
- 39Texas Woman's University (Twu)1 filings$39k
- 40University of Missouri1 filings$43k
- 41University of Iowa1 filings$65k
- 42University of California, San Francisco1 filings$120k
- 43University of Oklahoma1 filings$57k
- 44University of South Carolina1 filings$62k
- 45University of Wisconsin System1 filings$291k
- 46University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee1 filings$66k
- 47Utah State University1 filings$53k
- 48Virginia Tech1 filings$66k
- 49Washington University1 filings$126k
Related titles in this family
207 filings carry “Adjunct Instructor” in the title, across 45 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Adjunct Instructor of Chinese5 filings$45k
- 2Associate Research Scientist/Adjunct Instructor5 filings$107k
- 3Adjunct Instructor/Admission & Recruitment Specialist4 filings$43k
- 4Adjunct Instructor/Architecture4 filings$177k
- 5Adjunct Instructor / Attending Physician, Neonatology3 filings$297k
- 6Adjunct Instructor, Academic Affairs2 filings$50k
- 7Adjunct Instructor - Baseball Coach - Student Advisor2 filings$48k
- 8Adjunct Instructor of Computer Science2 filings$61k
- 9Adjunct Instructor of Italian2 filings$51k
- 10Adjunct Instructor of Linguistics2 filings$97k
- 11Annual Adjunct Instructor2 filings$50k
- 12Cdfd Project Manager and Adjunct Instructor2 filings$95k
Figures are for the exact title “Adjunct Instructor”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.