Assistant Professor H1B Salary & Sponsorship Overview (2026)

Employers filed 35,496 H1B Labor Condition Applications for Assistant Professor positions, based on official US Department of Labor disclosure data. The average offered salary is $120,344 (median $102,600), with reported wages ranging from $15,080 to $1,427,302 across 966 sponsoring employers.

Top H1B sponsors for Assistant Professor: THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM; THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; PURDUE UNIVERSITY; UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA; RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY. Most filings in: TX, CA, NY.