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Assistant Professor in Cambridge, MA

Job title · Cambridge, Massachusetts

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Applications FY2022–FY2026
210
Median offered wage
$134,200
Most common occupation
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$134,200certified 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 Cambridge.

Applications by fiscal year

2957FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2957FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202236
FY202337
FY202441
FY202557
FY2026*39
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
4
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. Massachusetts Institute of Technology112
  2. Harvard University86
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)11
  4. Trustees of Boston University1
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 $134,200; middle half $119,337 to $165,350 · median prevailing wage $65,180 (marker) · 207 applications.

$100k$135k$170k$205k$240k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I175
  2. Level II20
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 Cambridge is 27.8% 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 Cambridge
0.7%
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 Cambridge job market

Cambridge has 12,657 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 4,540 job titles and 1,420 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #6 by applications, with 1.7% of them.

Applications in Cambridge, all job titles
12,657
Job titles filed
4,540
Rank of Assistant Professor in Cambridge
6
Median offered wage in Cambridge, all job titles
$120,000
National median wage, Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$97,500
Other job titles in Cambridge
  1. Software Engineer717
  2. Research Scientist652
  3. Postdoctoral Associate549
  4. Postdoctoral Fellow257
  5. Research Associate248
  6. Senior Research Associate130
  7. Research Scientist II107
  8. Scientist105
  9. Software Development Engineer II104
  10. Senior Software Engineer103
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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