Associate Professor, H-1B salary
What 2,976 H-1B filings report for “Associate Professor” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for an Associate Professor?
$118k median H-1B base salary for an Associate Professor, typically $74k to $234k, across 2,976 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in Arkansas at $245k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1Arkansas58$245k+$127k
- 2Connecticut61$175k+$57k
- 3Utah24$155k+$37k
- 4Maryland85$145k+$27k
- 5Georgia90$137k+$19k
- 6Missouri45$135k+$17k
- 7Kentucky41$135k+$17k
- 8Oregon32$135k+$17k
- 9New Jersey93$131k+$13k
- 10Washington31$130k+$12k
- 11South Carolina27$130k+$12k
- 12Texas263$125k+$7k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $118kfor 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 Associate Professor?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Associate Professor roles are Rutgers University, University of Arkansas, Johns Hopkins University, Texas A&M University, and University of Alabama at Birmingham, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Associate Professor filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Rutgers University54 filings$147k
- 2University of Arkansas52 filings$249k
- 3Johns Hopkins University52 filings$159k
- 4Texas A&M University40 filings$130k
- 5University of Alabama at Birmingham37 filings$122k
- 6University of Wisconsin System36 filings$91k
- 7Yale University35 filings$200k
- 8Penn State University Park35 filings$130k
- 9University of Virginia34 filings$114k
- 10University of Minnesota33 filings$114k
- 11Indiana University32 filings$124k
- 12Wayne State University31 filings$135k
- 13Columbia University30 filings$183k
- 14Cornell University29 filings$135k
- 15University of Miami28 filings$169k
- 16Emory University28 filings$224k
- 17New York University28 filings$125k
- 18Purdue University27 filings$113k
- 19Georgia Tech27 filings$128k
- 20Washington University26 filings$245k
- 21University of Pittsburgh25 filings$118k
- 22North Carolina State University25 filings$124k
- 23University of Tennessee24 filings$124k
- 24University of Hawaii24 filings$114k
- 25University of California, Davis23 filings$138k
- 26Ohio State University22 filings$105k
- 27University of Iowa21 filings$130k
- 28Arizona State University21 filings$120k
- 29Duke University21 filings$215k
- 30Michigan State University20 filings$130k
- 31Baylor College of Medicine20 filings$300k
- 32University of Utah20 filings$171k
- 33University of Guam20 filings$81k
- 34University of Central Florida19 filings$95k
- 35University of Nebraska19 filings$95k
- 36Mount Sinai Health System19 filings$175k
- 37Boston University18 filings$146k
- 38University of Pennsylvania18 filings$231k
- 39Oklahoma State University18 filings$88k
- 40University of Michigan18 filings$101k
- 41University of Louisville18 filings$132k
- 42University of Cincinnati17 filings$85k
- 43University of Kentucky17 filings$135k
- 44Florida International University16 filings$113k
- 45University of Colorado Denver16 filings$132k
- 46University of Illinois16 filings$116k
- 47The University of Texas at Austin16 filings$139k
- 48University of Washington16 filings$132k
- 49Mississippi State University15 filings$116k
- 50California Polytechnic State University15 filings$107k
Related titles in this family
5,976 filings carry “Associate Professor” in the title, across 957 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Clinical Associate Professor304 filings$174k
- 2Research Associate Professor145 filings$96k
- 3Visiting Associate Professor70 filings$115k
- 4Associate Professor of Economics68 filings$92k
- 5Associate Professor of Mathematics50 filings$68k
- 6Associate Professor of Computer Science47 filings$88k
- 7Associate Professor of Finance40 filings$105k
- 8Assistant/Associate Professor39 filings$75k
- 9Teaching Associate Professor39 filings$89k
- 10Associate Professor of English37 filings$65k
- 11Associate Professor of Instruction34 filings$77k
- 12Associate Professor of Practice29 filings$95k
Figures are for the exact title “Associate 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.