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Assistant Professor in Houghton, MI

Job title · Houghton, Michigan

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
Houghton, Michigan
Applications FY2022–FY2026
53
Median offered wage
$104,950
Most common occupation
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$104,950certified 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 Houghton.

Applications by fiscal year

815FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
815FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202210
FY20238
FY202412
FY202515
FY2026*8
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. Michigan Technological University53
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 $104,950; middle half $93,750 to $110,000 · median prevailing wage $92,157 (marker) · 51 applications.

$80k$95k$110k$125k$140k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I3
  2. Level II13
  3. Level III31
  4. Level IV6
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 Houghton is 0.0% 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 Houghton
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 Houghton job market

Houghton has 166 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 35 job titles and 11 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #1 by applications, with 31.9% of them.

Applications in Houghton, all job titles
166
Job titles filed
35
Rank of Assistant Professor in Houghton
1
Median offered wage in Houghton, all job titles
$81,814
National median wage, Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$97,500
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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