Visiting Professor, H-1B salary
What 128 H-1B filings report for “Visiting Professor” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Visiting Professor?
$116k median H-1B base salary for a Visiting Professor, typically $61k to $257k, across 128 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026).
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1New York31$126k+$10k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $116kfor 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 Professor?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Visiting Professor roles are Nvidia, Meta, Columbia University, New York University, and Ohio State University, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Visiting Professor filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Nvidia8 filings$250k
- 2Meta7 filings$160k
- 3Columbia University5 filings$100k
- 4New York University5 filings$107k
- 5Ohio State University5 filings$92k
- 6University of California, Davis4 filings$180k
- 7Cornell University3 filings$228k
- 8Indiana University3 filings$96k
- 9Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 filings$227k
- 10Stony Brook University3 filings$164k
- 11Texas A&M University3 filings$95k
- 12The University of Tennessee Health Science Center3 filings$100k
- 13The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston3 filings$412k
- 14Rowan University3 filings$86k
- 15The Rockefeller University3 filings$143k
- 16University of Nebraska2 filings$89k
- 17Hunter College (CUNY)2 filings$142k
- 18Lehigh University2 filings$167k
- 19Maharishi International University2 filings$78k
- 20Southern Utah University2 filings$67k
- 21Cooper Union2 filings$293k
- 22Princeton University2 filings$127k
- 23Ohio University2 filings$52k
- 24University of Texas at El Paso2 filings$70k
- 25University of California, Los Angeles2 filings$219k
- 26University of Colorado2 filings$71k
- 27University of California, San Francisco2 filings$400k
- 28University of Maryland2 filings$256k
- 29University of South Florida2 filings$135k
- 30University of St. Thomas2 filings$90k
- 31Case Western Reserve University1 filings$56k
- 32Clarkson University1 filings$65k
- 33DePaul University1 filings$41k
- 34East Central University1 filings$44k
- 35Emory University1 filings$140k
- 36Fort Lewis College1 filings$38k
- 37Grambling State University1 filings$64k
- 38Grand Valley State University1 filings$52k
- 39Kansas State University1 filings$54k
- 40Louisiana State University1 filings$130k
- 41Loyola University New Orleans1 filings$45k
- 42Manhattan University1 filings$90k
- 43New York Law School1 filings$270k
- 44Northeastern University1 filings$140k
- 45Northwestern University1 filings$61k
- 46Oregon State University1 filings$164k
- 47Purdue University1 filings$105k
- 48Rochester Institute of Technology1 filings$66k
- 49Rollins College1 filings$80k
- 50Binghamton University1 filings$64k
Related titles in this family
262 filings carry “Visiting Professor” in the title, across 87 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Visiting Professor of Economics7 filings$92k
- 2Visiting Professor of Humanities6 filings$148k
- 3Assistant Visiting Professor4 filings$63k
- 4Visiting Professor of Computer Science4 filings$75k
- 5Visiting Professor of Mathematics4 filings$56k
- 6Distinguished Visiting Professor3 filings$320k
- 7Visiting Professor in Computer Science3 filings$75k
- 8Visiting Professor of History3 filings$90k
- 9Visiting Professor of Marketing and Sales3 filings$80k
- 10Cornell Visiting Professor of Chemistry2 filings$175k
- 11Murase Visiting Professor of Law2 filings$93k
- 12Visiting Professor, Aerospace Engineering2 filings$100k
Figures are for the exact title “Visiting 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.