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Assistant Professor in Bakersfield, CA

Job title · Bakersfield, California

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
Bakersfield, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
43
Median offered wage
$81,324
Most common occupation
Business Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$81,324certified 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 Bakersfield.

Applications by fiscal year

612FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
612FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202212
FY20235
FY20249
FY202510
FY2026*7
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. California State University, Bakersfield43
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 $81,324; middle half $75,000 to $98,700 · median prevailing wage $64,860 (marker) · 41 applications.

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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 Bakersfield is 22.5% 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 Bakersfield
0.1%
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 Bakersfield job market

Bakersfield has 615 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 278 job titles and 182 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #1 by applications, with 7.0% of them.

Applications in Bakersfield, all job titles
615
Job titles filed
278
Rank of Assistant Professor in Bakersfield
1
Median offered wage in Bakersfield, all job titles
$118,213
National median wage, Business Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$135,000
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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