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Assistant Professor in Knoxville, TN

Job title · Knoxville, Tennessee

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
Knoxville, Tennessee
Applications FY2022–FY2026
182
Median offered wage
$97,000
Most common occupation
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$97,000certified 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 Knoxville.

Applications by fiscal year

3059FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3059FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202233
FY202322
FY202430
FY202559
FY2026*38
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. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center182
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 $97,000; middle half $88,000 to $112,000 · median prevailing wage $66,740 (marker) · 179 applications.

$80k$95k$110k$125k$140k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I130
  2. Level II43
  3. Level III5
  4. Level IV4
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 Knoxville is 7.6% 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 Knoxville
0.6%
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 Knoxville job market

Knoxville has 1,408 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 540 job titles and 292 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #1 by applications, with 12.9% of them.

Applications in Knoxville, all job titles
1,408
Job titles filed
540
Rank of Assistant Professor in Knoxville
1
Median offered wage in Knoxville, all job titles
$88,719
National median wage, Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$97,500
Other job titles in Knoxville
  1. Clinical Nurse III107
  2. Post-doctoral Research Associate91
  3. Software Developer46
  4. Research Assistant Professor32
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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