H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Instructor

Occupation profile for Instructor covers 1,562 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $80,000.

FY2026 certified median
$80,000
Total filings
1,562
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$70,000–$96,448
Top employer
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY2024555$74,900$62,837$91,832
FY2025559$76,400$66,498$90,000
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)448$80,000$70,000$96,448

FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, InstructorFY2024 $74,900; FY2025 $76,400; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $80,000$0$30,000$60,000$90,000FY2024$74,900FY2025$76,400FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$80,000Certified median offer, InstructorFY2024 $74,900; FY2025 $76,400; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $80,000$0$30k$60k$90kFY2024$74,900FY2025$76,400FY2026*$80,000
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University159 filings
  2. Washington University109 filings
  3. UT Southwestern Medical Center90 filings
  4. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center87 filings
  5. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai84 filings
  6. The Leland Stanford, Jr University80 filings
  7. Baylor College of Medicine53 filings
  8. The University of Alabama at Birmingham34 filings
  9. MAHARISHI International UNIVERSITY33 filings
  10. Albert Einstein College of Medicine31 filings

Top cities

  1. New York154 filings
  2. Houston154 filings
  3. Daytona Beach133 filings
  4. St. Louis115 filings
  5. Dallas93 filings
  6. Stanford67 filings
  7. Birmingham39 filings
  8. Omaha39 filings
  9. Boston36 filings
  10. Fairfield33 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University · Instructor159 filings
  2. Washington University · Instructor109 filings
  3. UT Southwestern Medical Center · Instructor90 filings
  4. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Instructor87 filings
  5. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · Instructor84 filings
  6. The Leland Stanford, Jr University · Instructor80 filings
  7. Baylor College of Medicine · Instructor53 filings
  8. The University of Alabama at Birmingham · Instructor34 filings
  9. MAHARISHI International UNIVERSITY · Instructor33 filings
  10. Albert Einstein College of Medicine · Instructor31 filings

Prevailing wages by area and occupation

The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.

Annual prevailing wage levels
Wage yearAreaSOCLevel ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
2026-27Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FLArea 1966025-1199$57,990$69,753$81,517$93,280
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562019-1042$76,419$98,800$121,202$143,582
2026-27Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TXArea 2642019-1042$63,190$77,813$92,435$107,058
2026-27St. Louis, MO-ILArea 4118019-1042$76,024$94,494$112,944$131,414
2026-27Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 1910019-1042$64,397$77,210$90,043$102,856
2026-27Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TXArea 2642019-1021$76,149$88,254$100,360$112,466
2026-27Worcester, MAArea 4934019-1029$65,894$86,091$106,267$126,464
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194019-1042$101,109$127,629$154,149$180,669
2026-27Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZArea 3915025-1199$44,130$59,043$73,957$88,870
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194019-1029$86,029$114,026$142,022$170,019