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Assistant Professor in Iowa City, IA

Job title · Iowa City, Iowa

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
Iowa City, Iowa
Applications FY2022–FY2026
125
Median offered wage
$110,000
Most common occupation
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$110,000certified 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 Iowa City.

Applications by fiscal year

1734FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1734FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202217
FY202315
FY202434
FY202525
FY2026*34
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
2
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 Iowa124
  2. The University of Alabama at Birmingham1
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 $110,000; middle half $91,800 to $164,692 · median prevailing wage $68,063 (marker) · 125 applications.

$80k$110k$140k$170k$200k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I77
  2. Level II36
  3. Level III12
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 Iowa City is 4.8% 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 Iowa City
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 Iowa City job market

Iowa City has 1,526 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 294 job titles and 81 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #4 by applications, with 8.2% of them.

Applications in Iowa City, all job titles
1,526
Job titles filed
294
Rank of Assistant Professor in Iowa City
4
Median offered wage in Iowa City, all job titles
$78,900
National median wage, Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$139,050
Other job titles in Iowa City
  1. Clinical Assistant Professor268
  2. House Staff Fellow Physician143
  3. Postdoctoral Research Scholar138
  4. House Staff Resident Physician96
  5. Assistant Research Scientist91
  6. Clinical Associate Professor49
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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