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Assistant Professor in Fairfax, VA

Job title · Fairfax, Virginia

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
Fairfax, Virginia
Applications FY2022–FY2026
129
Median offered wage
$117,000
Most common occupation
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$117,000certified 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 Fairfax.

Applications by fiscal year

2039FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2039FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202239
FY202331
FY202420
FY202518
FY2026*21
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. George Mason University129
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 $117,000; middle half $100,000 to $139,288 · median prevailing wage $59,925 (marker) · 128 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I118
  2. Level II11
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 Fairfax is 11.4% 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 Fairfax
0.4%
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 Fairfax job market

Fairfax has 2,118 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 847 job titles and 770 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #2 by applications, with 6.1% of them.

Applications in Fairfax, all job titles
2,118
Job titles filed
847
Rank of Assistant Professor in Fairfax
2
Median offered wage in Fairfax, all job titles
$106,912
National median wage, Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$100,803
Other job titles in Fairfax
  1. Software Developer159
  2. Software Engineer108
  3. Postdoctoral Research Fellow32
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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