Instructor, H-1B salary
What 4,663 H-1B filings report for “Instructor” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for an Instructor?
$69k median H-1B base salary for an Instructor, typically $48k to $126k, across 4,663 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in Wisconsin at $98k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1Wisconsin48$98k+$29k
- 2New Jersey58$90k+$21k
- 3Maryland101$86k+$17k
- 4Pennsylvania70$86k+$17k
- 5Missouri296$85k+$16k
- 6California284$85k+$16k
- 7New York574$82k+$13k
- 8Minnesota32$80k+$11k
- 9Connecticut79$76k+$7k
- 10Kentucky31$75k+$6k
- 11Oregon101$74k+$5k
- 12Massachusetts270$73k+$4k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $69kfor 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 Instructor?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Instructor roles are Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Washington University, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Mount Sinai Health System, and Stanford University, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Instructor filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University379 filings$52k
- 2Washington University279 filings$85k
- 3UT Southwestern Medical Center241 filings$65k
- 4Mount Sinai Health System231 filings$80k
- 5Stanford University225 filings$89k
- 6The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center178 filings$70k
- 7Baylor College of Medicine136 filings$75k
- 8University of Nebraska Medical Center107 filings$55k
- 9University of Massachusetts Medical School99 filings$67k
- 10University of Arkansas84 filings$62k
- 11University of Alabama at Birmingham77 filings$73k
- 12Emory University76 filings$74k
- 13Columbia University75 filings$108k
- 14Oregon State University73 filings$67k
- 15Johns Hopkins University73 filings$81k
- 16Weill Cornell Medical College64 filings$82k
- 17Harvard University58 filings$106k
- 18Virginia Tech54 filings$52k
- 19Albert Einstein College of Medicine51 filings$75k
- 20Maharishi International University45 filings$64k
- 21The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston45 filings$66k
- 22The University of Tennessee Health Science Center43 filings$57k
- 23Medical College of Wisconsin42 filings$103k
- 24Texas Tech University42 filings$66k
- 25University of Mississippi Medical Center41 filings$70k
- 26University of Colorado41 filings$62k
- 27Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center39 filings$72k
- 28Yale University39 filings$100k
- 29Florida International University38 filings$64k
- 30University of Pennsylvania36 filings$100k
- 31University of Connecticut Health Center36 filings$66k
- 32University of Alabama35 filings$52k
- 33University of Hawaii33 filings$61k
- 34Princeton University29 filings$92k
- 35University of Illinois28 filings$58k
- 36University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, PC27 filings$160k
- 37University of Miami26 filings$80k
- 38Duke University26 filings$56k
- 39Louisiana State University25 filings$55k
- 40Rutgers University25 filings$90k
- 41Virginia Commonwealth University24 filings$58k
- 42University of Illinois at Chicago23 filings$51k
- 43Kent State University23 filings$51k
- 44La Jolla Institute for Immunology22 filings$71k
- 45University of Oklahoma22 filings$47k
- 46Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center22 filings$180k
- 47Boston University21 filings$100k
- 48Ohio State University21 filings$160k
- 49University of Colorado Denver20 filings$64k
- 50University of Maryland Baltimore20 filings$170k
Related titles in this family
13,278 filings carry “Instructor” in the title, across 2,206 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Clinical Instructor516 filings$96k
- 2Research Instructor439 filings$63k
- 3Instructor in Investigation308 filings$67k
- 4Foreign Language Instructor287 filings$65k
- 5Acting Instructor253 filings$73k
- 6Assistant Instructor176 filings$62k
- 7Clinical Assistant Instructor146 filings$69k
- 8Adjunct Instructor138 filings$78k
- 9Instructor/Fellow101 filings$71k
- 10Music Instructor92 filings$58k
- 11Residential Instructor 192 filings$37k
- 12Visiting Instructor92 filings$61k
Figures are for the exact title “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.