Assistant Professor, H-1B salary
What 50,614 H-1B filings report for “Assistant Professor” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for an Assistant Professor?
$100k median H-1B base salary for an Assistant Professor, typically $66k to $205k, across 50,614 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in Arkansas at $195k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1Arkansas746$195k+$95k
- 2Alabama1,849$130k+$30k
- 3Rhode Island31$117k+$17k
- 4Massachusetts1,716$115k+$15k
- 5Georgia1,562$115k+$15k
- 6Maryland993$115k+$15k
- 7Kentucky717$115k+$15k
- 8Alaska30$113k+$13k
- 9Connecticut834$111k+$11k
- 10New Jersey1,356$108k+$8k
- 11Oregon579$107k+$7k
- 12Indiana1,477$105k+$5k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $100kfor 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 Assistant Professor?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Assistant Professor roles are Penn State University Park, University of Wisconsin System, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Purdue University, and University of Arkansas, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Assistant Professor filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Penn State University Park752 filings$95k
- 2University of Wisconsin System682 filings$95k
- 3University of Alabama at Birmingham673 filings$165k
- 4Purdue University643 filings$100k
- 5University of Arkansas621 filings$222k
- 6Rutgers University582 filings$120k
- 7University of Minnesota565 filings$91k
- 8University of Michigan520 filings$104k
- 9University of Florida505 filings$95k
- 10Indiana University502 filings$102k
- 11University of Illinois493 filings$102k
- 12Texas A&M University491 filings$100k
- 13University of Nebraska482 filings$75k
- 14Emory University458 filings$179k
- 15Columbia University449 filings$140k
- 16Michigan State University440 filings$92k
- 17Johns Hopkins University440 filings$120k
- 18Yale University428 filings$160k
- 19Arizona State University425 filings$97k
- 20University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, PC419 filings$220k
- 21University of Virginia405 filings$115k
- 22University of Pittsburgh401 filings$102k
- 23The University of Texas at Austin400 filings$110k
- 24Washington University399 filings$138k
- 25The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston395 filings$150k
- 26University of Houston386 filings$91k
- 27University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center372 filings$164k
- 28University of Kentucky371 filings$157k
- 29The University of Tennessee Health Science Center359 filings$40k
- 30Cornell University358 filings$124k
- 31University of Georgia358 filings$97k
- 32University of Washington352 filings$116k
- 33Medical College of Wisconsin343 filings$240k
- 34Florida State University333 filings$93k
- 35Texas Tech University314 filings$85k
- 36Ohio State University303 filings$103k
- 37University of New Mexico302 filings$109k
- 38North Carolina State University298 filings$97k
- 39University of Utah296 filings$117k
- 40UT Southwestern Medical Center293 filings$182k
- 41University of Louisville290 filings$115k
- 42Georgia Tech289 filings$110k
- 43Louisiana State University289 filings$90k
- 44Virginia Tech289 filings$96k
- 45University of Texas Rio Grande Valley288 filings$85k
- 46University of Oklahoma287 filings$88k
- 47University of Tennessee283 filings$95k
- 48Virginia Commonwealth University283 filings$59k
- 49Oklahoma State University281 filings$73k
- 50Boston University279 filings$138k
Related titles in this family
88,526 filings carry “Assistant Professor” in the title, across 6,171 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Research Assistant Professor3,169 filings$77k
- 2Clinical Assistant Professor3,069 filings$165k
- 3Visiting Assistant Professor1,484 filings$68k
- 4Assistant Professor of Computer Science855 filings$86k
- 5Assistant Professor - Clinical694 filings$215k
- 6Assistant Professor of Economics673 filings$87k
- 7Assistant Professor of Finance491 filings$125k
- 8Assistant Professor of Mathematics463 filings$64k
- 9Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine429 filings$219k
- 10Assistant Professor of Marketing381 filings$110k
- 11Assistant Professor of Medicine361 filings$205k
- 12Teaching Assistant Professor354 filings$73k
Figures are for the exact title “Assistant Professor”; 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.