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Assistant Professor in Irvine, CA

Job title · Irvine, California

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
Irvine, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
90
Median offered wage
$117,500
Most common occupation
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$117,500certified 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 Irvine.

Applications by fiscal year

1427FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1427FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202216
FY202317
FY202418
FY202527
FY2026*12
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. University of California, Irvine90
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 $117,500; middle half $103,150 to $131,500 · median prevailing wage $77,600 (marker) · 90 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I88
  2. Level II2
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 Irvine is 11.9% 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 Irvine
0.3%
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 Irvine job market

Irvine has 14,414 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 5,387 job titles and 2,651 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #8 by applications, with 0.6% of them.

Applications in Irvine, all job titles
14,414
Job titles filed
5,387
Rank of Assistant Professor in Irvine
8
Median offered wage in Irvine, all job titles
$120,000
National median wage, Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$97,500
Other job titles in Irvine
  1. Software Engineer547
  2. Software Developer367
  3. Software Development Engineer II183
  4. Senior Software Engineer159
  5. Software Development Engineer I136
  6. Postdoctoral Scholar105
  7. Assistant Project Scientist93
  8. Design Engineer89
  9. Business Analyst84
  10. Accountant77
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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