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Assistant Professor in Columbia, SC

Job title · Columbia, South Carolina

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
Columbia, South Carolina
Applications FY2022–FY2026
52
Median offered wage
$57,907
Most common occupation
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$57,907certified 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 Columbia.

Applications by fiscal year

1224FY2022FY2023FY2024
1224FY2022FY2023FY2024
Data table
FY202218
FY202324
FY202410
Certified (decided applications)
98.1%
Employers filing
3
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. University of South Carolina48
  2. Allen University3
  3. Clemson 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 $57,907; middle half $51,725 to $69,202 · median prevailing wage $57,840 (marker) · 51 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I28
  2. Level II9
  3. Level III1
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 Columbia is 44.9% 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 Columbia
0.2%
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 Columbia job market

Columbia has 2,346 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 770 job titles and 410 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #3 by applications, with 2.2% of them.

Applications in Columbia, all job titles
2,346
Job titles filed
770
Rank of Assistant Professor in Columbia
3
Median offered wage in Columbia, all job titles
$84,469
National median wage, Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$139,050
Other job titles in Columbia
  1. Software Developer171
  2. Software Engineer109
  3. Applications Consultant 251
  4. Applications Consultant 349
  5. Postdoctoral Fellow47
  6. Test Consultant 241
  7. Business Systems Analyst 232
  8. Senior Software Engineer31
  9. Elementary Teacher30
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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