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Assistant Professor in Boston, MA

Job title · Boston, Massachusetts

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
Boston, Massachusetts
Applications FY2022–FY2026
558
Median offered wage
$130,000
Most common occupation
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$130,000certified 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 Boston.

Applications by fiscal year

66132FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
66132FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022101
FY2023115
FY2024117
FY2025132
FY2026*93
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
16
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. Trustees of Boston University181
  2. Northeastern University134
  3. Harvard University100
  4. University of Massachusetts Medical School64
  5. Tufts University50
  6. Emerson College9
  7. MGH Institute of Health Professions5
  8. MCPHS University3
  9. Wentworth Institute of Technology3
  10. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.2
  11. Suffolk University2
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 $130,000; middle half $108,000 to $190,950 · median prevailing wage $67,870 (marker) · 548 applications.

$80k$135k$190k$245k$300k
$80k$135k$190k$245k$300k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I367
  2. Level II93
  3. Level III21
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 Boston is 23.8% 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 Boston
1.9%
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 Boston job market

Boston has 34,155 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 10,335 job titles and 3,585 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #4 by applications, with 1.6% of them.

Applications in Boston, all job titles
34,155
Job titles filed
10,335
Rank of Assistant Professor in Boston
4
Median offered wage in Boston, all job titles
$114,088
National median wage, Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$139,050
Other job titles in Boston
  1. Research Fellow1,731
  2. Software Engineer580
  3. Senior Software Engineer579
  4. Clinical Fellow469
  5. Software Developer378
  6. Software Engineer II376
  7. Resident375
  8. Associate357
  9. Software Development Engineer II348
  10. Research Scientist305
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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