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Assistant Professor in Atlanta, GA

Job title · Atlanta, Georgia

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
Atlanta, Georgia
Applications FY2022–FY2026
684
Median offered wage
$128,500
Most common occupation
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$128,500certified 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 Atlanta.

Applications by fiscal year

85169FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
85169FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022124
FY2023147
FY2024169
FY2025135
FY2026*109
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
8
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. Emory University342
  2. Georgia Institute of Technology248
  3. Georgia State University72
  4. Emory & Children's Pediatric Institute, Inc.9
  5. Clark Atlanta University5
  6. Spelman College4
  7. Morehouse College, Inc.2
  8. Georgia Central University, Inc2
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 $128,500; middle half $103,000 to $215,000 · median prevailing wage $63,670 (marker) · 669 applications.

$80k$150k$220k$290k$360k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I397
  2. Level II180
  3. Level III93
  4. Level IV13
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 Atlanta is 22.4% above 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 Atlanta
2.3%
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 Atlanta job market

Atlanta has 43,840 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 10,868 job titles and 4,452 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #3 by applications, with 1.6% of them.

Applications in Atlanta, all job titles
43,840
Job titles filed
10,868
Rank of Assistant Professor in Atlanta
3
Median offered wage in Atlanta, all job titles
$109,283
National median wage, Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$97,500
Other job titles in Atlanta
  1. Software Engineer1,952
  2. Software Developer1,697
  3. Postdoctoral Fellow555
  4. Senior Software Engineer542
  5. Architect530
  6. Software Engineering489
  7. Analyst385
  8. Manager363
  9. Associate338
  10. Application Developer305
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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