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Assistant Professor in Houston, TX

Job title · Houston, Texas

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
Houston, Texas
Applications FY2022–FY2026
763
Median offered wage
$120,000
Most common occupation
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$120,000certified 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 Houston.

Applications by fiscal year

102203FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
102203FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022164
FY2023145
FY2024157
FY2025203
FY2026*94
Certified (decided applications)
99.9%
Employers filing
8
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 Texas Health Science Center at Houston249
  2. The University of Houston209
  3. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center134
  4. Baylor College of Medicine108
  5. W.M. Rice University57
  6. University of ST. Thomas3
  7. Prairie View A&m 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 $120,000; middle half $93,000 to $180,000 · median prevailing wage $70,640 (marker) · 729 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I179
  2. Level II195
  3. Level III101
  4. Level IV47
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 Houston is 14.3% 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 Houston
2.6%
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 Houston job market

Houston has 42,380 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 11,789 job titles and 6,486 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #3 by applications, with 1.8% of them.

Applications in Houston, all job titles
42,380
Job titles filed
11,789
Rank of Assistant Professor in Houston
3
Median offered wage in Houston, all job titles
$98,500
National median wage, Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$139,050
Other job titles in Houston
  1. Software Developer3,067
  2. Software Engineer1,679
  3. Postdoctoral Associate/fellow423
  4. Postdoctoral Fellow395
  5. Data Engineer341
  6. Research Scientist301
  7. Manager301
  8. Data Scientist272
  9. Architect268
  10. Instructor261
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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