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Assistant Professor in DeKalb, IL

Job title · DeKalb, Illinois

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
DeKalb, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
45
Median offered wage
$81,676
Most common occupation
Education Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$81,676certified 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 DeKalb.

Applications by fiscal year

713FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
713FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20226
FY202310
FY20248
FY20258
FY2026*13
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. Northern Illinois University45
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 $81,676; middle half $75,145 to $96,891 · median prevailing wage $70,000 (marker) · 40 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 DeKalb is 22.2% 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 DeKalb
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 DeKalb job market

DeKalb has 227 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 105 job titles and 55 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #1 by applications, with 19.8% of them.

Applications in DeKalb, all job titles
227
Job titles filed
105
Rank of Assistant Professor in DeKalb
1
Median offered wage in DeKalb, all job titles
$80,926
National median wage, Education Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$70,991
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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