Lecturer, H-1B salary
What 3,657 H-1B filings report for “Lecturer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Lecturer?
$65k median H-1B base salary for a Lecturer, typically $48k to $97k, across 3,657 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in Maryland at $85k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1Maryland89$85k+$20k
- 2Connecticut42$77k+$12k
- 3Massachusetts190$75k+$10k
- 4California538$74k+$9k
- 5New Jersey131$73k+$8k
- 6Washington35$72k+$7k
- 7Iowa63$71k+$6k
- 8Georgia170$71k+$6k
- 9Florida150$70k+$5k
- 10New Hampshire28$70k+$5k
- 11New York445$67k+$2k
- 12Michigan23$67k+$2k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $65kfor 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 a Lecturer?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Lecturer roles are California Polytechnic State University; Princeton University; University of Florida; University of California, Berkeley; and Cornell University, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Lecturer filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1California Polytechnic State University142 filings$79k
- 2Princeton University103 filings$73k
- 3University of Florida91 filings$75k
- 4University of California, Berkeley88 filings$75k
- 5Cornell University87 filings$73k
- 6Indiana University86 filings$60k
- 7Texas A&M University81 filings$55k
- 8University of Georgia79 filings$77k
- 9Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute78 filings$73k
- 10University of Wisconsin System78 filings$65k
- 11University of Oklahoma77 filings$52k
- 12Arizona State University77 filings$68k
- 13University of Virginia63 filings$52k
- 14Binghamton University60 filings$56k
- 15University of Tennessee60 filings$51k
- 16Clemson University60 filings$64k
- 17University of California, Santa Barbara56 filings$75k
- 18Washington University54 filings$59k
- 19Texas State University53 filings$64k
- 20Boston University52 filings$72k
- 21University of Southern California51 filings$63k
- 22University of Illinois48 filings$58k
- 23University of Maryland48 filings$88k
- 24Old Dominion University44 filings$65k
- 25Case Western Reserve University44 filings$51k
- 26Harvard University43 filings$90k
- 27Rochester Institute of Technology43 filings$50k
- 28Ohio State University43 filings$60k
- 29Iowa State University39 filings$75k
- 30Stony Brook University39 filings$72k
- 31University of Vermont38 filings$57k
- 32University of California, Los Angeles38 filings$93k
- 33The University of Texas at Austin37 filings$57k
- 34University of Texas Rio Grande Valley36 filings$48k
- 35University of California, Davis36 filings$70k
- 36Massachusetts Institute of Technology34 filings$86k
- 37University of North Texas33 filings$61k
- 38Georgia State University33 filings$65k
- 39Penn State University Park32 filings$63k
- 40University of Nebraska30 filings$60k
- 41Auburn University30 filings$62k
- 42University of Houston29 filings$61k
- 43Purdue University28 filings$85k
- 44Johns Hopkins University28 filings$83k
- 45Georgia Tech28 filings$76k
- 46University of Central Florida26 filings$70k
- 47Howard University26 filings$57k
- 48University at Buffalo25 filings$62k
- 49University of California, San Diego25 filings$70k
- 50Northwestern University25 filings$57k
Related titles in this family
6,849 filings carry “Lecturer” in the title, across 894 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Lecturer320 filings$77k
- 2Visiting Lecturer143 filings$64k
- 3Part-Time Lecturer107 filings$108k
- 4Lecturer I84 filings$52k
- 5Adjunct Lecturer77 filings$65k
- 6Leo Lecturer I73 filings$53k
- 7Lecturer a59 filings$55k
- 8Lecturer II47 filings$55k
- 9Lecturer in Discipline47 filings$73k
- 10Assistant Professor (Lecturer)45 filings$80k
- 11Clinical Lecturer45 filings$100k
- 12Assistant Lecturer40 filings$57k
Figures are for the exact title “Lecturer”; 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.