Visiting Assistant Professor, H-1B salary
What 1,484 H-1B filings report for “Visiting Assistant Professor” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Visiting Assistant Professor?
$68k median H-1B base salary for a Visiting Assistant Professor, typically $50k to $140k, across 1,484 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in California at $144k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California150$144k+$76k
- 2Louisiana70$100k+$32k
- 3Iowa46$91k+$23k
- 4Massachusetts73$80k+$12k
- 5Indiana103$79k+$11k
- 6Pennsylvania83$72k+$4k
- 7New York227$65k−$3k
- 8Texas136$65k−$3k
- 9Virginia28$65k−$3k
- 10Wisconsin34$64k−$4k
- 11Florida33$63k−$5k
- 12Ohio148$62k−$6k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $68kfor 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 Visiting Assistant Professor?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Visiting Assistant Professor roles are University of California, San Francisco; Texas A&M University; Tulane University; University of Iowa; and Purdue University, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Visiting 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
- 1University of California, San Francisco73 filings$281k
- 2Texas A&M University73 filings$60k
- 3Tulane University47 filings$115k
- 4University of Iowa47 filings$90k
- 5Purdue University46 filings$75k
- 6Ohio State University42 filings$68k
- 7Indiana University40 filings$96k
- 8Binghamton University37 filings$50k
- 9Miami University36 filings$47k
- 10New York University36 filings$78k
- 11University of Connecticut29 filings$60k
- 12University of California, Davis27 filings$95k
- 13Emory University26 filings$55k
- 14Clark University23 filings$90k
- 15Union College21 filings$70k
- 16Georgia Tech21 filings$65k
- 17University of Wisconsin System21 filings$62k
- 18Rollins College20 filings$63k
- 19Wake Forest University18 filings$56k
- 20University of Pittsburgh18 filings$74k
- 21University of Rochester18 filings$55k
- 22Case Western Reserve University18 filings$63k
- 23College of the Holy Cross17 filings$70k
- 24University at Albany16 filings$70k
- 25Lafayette College16 filings$74k
- 26Northeastern University16 filings$110k
- 27University of Cincinnati15 filings$51k
- 28University of California, Riverside15 filings$66k
- 29University at Buffalo14 filings$60k
- 30Rochester Institute of Technology13 filings$52k
- 31University of Louisiana at Lafayette13 filings$58k
- 32University of Arkansas13 filings$57k
- 33Oklahoma State University13 filings$52k
- 34Cornell University12 filings$120k
- 35Ohio University12 filings$46k
- 36University of Notre Dame12 filings$70k
- 37University of Kansas11 filings$55k
- 38University of Michigan11 filings$138k
- 39University of Maryland11 filings$117k
- 40Virginia Tech10 filings$56k
- 41University of Illinois at Chicago9 filings$60k
- 42University of Illinois9 filings$71k
- 43James Madison University9 filings$65k
- 44Skidmore College9 filings$66k
- 45University of Toledo9 filings$56k
- 46University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee9 filings$68k
- 47Carnegie Mellon University8 filings$70k
- 48University of California, Irvine8 filings$79k
- 49Northwestern University8 filings$63k
- 50Swarthmore College7 filings$96k
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Related titles in this family
2,591 filings carry “Visiting Assistant Professor” in the title, across 340 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics91 filings$76k
- 2Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics63 filings$64k
- 3Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish48 filings$65k
- 4Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry41 filings$65k
- 5Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science37 filings$70k
- 6Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics36 filings$67k
- 7Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance23 filings$110k
- 8Visiting Assistant Professor, Mathematics21 filings$68k
- 9Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science21 filings$72k
- 10Visiting Assistant Professor of French20 filings$50k
- 11Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology15 filings$68k
- 12Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology15 filings$63k
Figures are for the exact title “Visiting 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.