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Assistant Professor in Ames, IA

Job title · Ames, Iowa

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
Ames, Iowa
Applications FY2022–FY2026
152
Median offered wage
$101,089
Most common occupation
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$101,089certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Assistant Professor" and a worksite in Ames.

Applications by fiscal year

1734FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1734FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202223
FY202333
FY202434
FY202533
FY2026*29
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Iowa State University of Science and Technology152
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $101,089; middle half $92,152 to $118,044 · median prevailing wage $59,595 (marker) · 152 applications.

$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I127
  2. Level II20
  3. Level III4
  4. Level IV1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Assistant Professor" appears on 29,238 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 650 employers for worksites in 748 cities; the median offered wage is $105,000, so the median in Ames is 3.7% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
29,238
Employers nationwide
650
Cities with filings
748
National median offered wage
$105,000
Share of national filings in Ames
0.5%
Cities with the most applications for Assistant Professor
  1. Birmingham, AL835
  2. Houston, TX763
  3. New York City, NY754
  4. Atlanta, GA684
  5. Boston, MA558
  6. Baltimore, MD446
  7. West Lafayette, IN385
  8. Chicago, IL375
  9. Madison, WI358
  10. St. Louis, MO331
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Ames job market

Ames has 1,002 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 209 job titles and 114 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #2 by applications, with 15.2% of them.

Applications in Ames, all job titles
1,002
Job titles filed
209
Rank of Assistant Professor in Ames
2
Median offered wage in Ames, all job titles
$75,000
National median wage, Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$97,500
Other job titles in Ames
  1. Postdoctoral Research Associate203
  2. Research Scientist II59
  3. Ames Laboratory Scientist I43
  4. Research Scientist III41
  5. Assistant Teaching Professor35
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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