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Assistant Professor in Chicago, IL

Job title · Chicago, Illinois

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
Chicago, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
375
Median offered wage
$115,000
Most common occupation
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$115,000certified 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 Chicago.

Applications by fiscal year

4386FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
4386FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202286
FY202368
FY202486
FY202578
FY2026*57
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
13
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. The University of Chicago132
  2. University of Illinois88
  3. Depaul University33
  4. Northwestern University31
  5. Loyola University Chicago29
  6. Illinois Institute of Technology19
  7. Northeastern Illinois University18
  8. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago11
  9. Rush University Medical Center6
  10. Chicago State University3
  11. Erikson Institute2
  12. Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago2
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 $115,000; middle half $87,721 to $148,744 · median prevailing wage $67,260 (marker) · 363 applications.

$60k$95k$130k$165k$200k
$60k$95k$130k$165k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I97
  2. Level II124
  3. Level III39
  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 Chicago is 9.5% 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 Chicago
1.3%
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 Chicago job market

Chicago has 49,084 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 14,589 job titles and 6,191 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #8 by applications, with 0.8% of them.

Applications in Chicago, all job titles
49,084
Job titles filed
14,589
Rank of Assistant Professor in Chicago
8
Median offered wage in Chicago, all job titles
$108,077
National median wage, Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$100,803
Other job titles in Chicago
  1. Software Engineer1,459
  2. Software Developer1,234
  3. Senior Software Engineer627
  4. Manager624
  5. Postdoctoral Scholar584
  6. Associate441
  7. Consultant409
  8. Senior Associate363
  9. Analyst343
  10. Data Engineer339
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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