H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Professor

Occupation profile for Professor covers 332 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $198,400.

FY2026 certified median
$198,400
Total filings
332
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$148,135–$236,400
Top employer
University of Notre Dame du Lac
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY2024130$180,067$126,250$289,746
FY2025126$185,000$135,000$270,409
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)76$198,400$148,135$236,400

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, ProfessorFY2024 $180,067; FY2025 $185,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $198,400$0$70,000$140,000$210,000FY2024$180,067FY2025$185,000FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$198,400Certified median offer, ProfessorFY2024 $180,067; FY2025 $185,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $198,400$0$70k$140k$210kFY2024$180,067FY2025$185,000FY2026*$198,400
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. University of Notre Dame du Lac9 filings
  2. Yale University9 filings
  3. Cornell University8 filings
  4. Harvard University7 filings
  5. University of Wisconsin System7 filings
  6. Johns Hopkins University6 filings
  7. The University of Texas at Austin6 filings
  8. University of Utah6 filings
  9. Texas A&M University5 filings
  10. University of California, Los Angeles5 filings

Top cities

  1. Houston12 filings
  2. Boston10 filings
  3. Baltimore10 filings
  4. New York9 filings
  5. New Haven8 filings
  6. Notre Dame8 filings
  7. Ithaca8 filings
  8. Dallas8 filings
  9. Birmingham7 filings
  10. Madison7 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. University of Notre Dame du Lac · Professor9 filings
  2. Yale University · Professor9 filings
  3. Cornell University · Professor8 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
2026-27Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TXArea 2642025-1071$68,480$127,147$185,813$244,480
2026-27Madison, WIArea 3154025-1042$83,710$113,100$142,490$171,880
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446025-1071$84,110$130,290$176,470$222,650
2026-27Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 1910025-1071$66,690$103,053$139,417$175,780
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562025-1071$74,580$114,290$154,000$193,710
2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242025-1125$51,000$77,203$103,407$129,610
2026-27Birmingham, ALArea 1382025-1071$62,050$89,777$117,503$145,230
2026-27College Station-Bryan, TXArea 1778025-1032$62,120$98,907$135,693$172,480
2026-27Durham-Chapel Hill, NCArea 2050025-1071$76,560$116,890$157,220$197,550
2026-27Memphis, TN-MS-ARArea 3282025-1071$55,490$88,547$121,603$154,660