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Assistant Professor in Las Cruces, NM

Job title · Las Cruces, New Mexico

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Applications FY2022–FY2026
76
Median offered wage
$87,500
Most common occupation
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$87,500certified 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 Las Cruces.

Applications by fiscal year

1224FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1224FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202213
FY202318
FY20247
FY202524
FY2026*14
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. New Mexico State University76
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 $87,500; middle half $70,953 to $97,250 · median prevailing wage $58,730 (marker) · 72 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I61
  2. Level II15
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 Las Cruces is 16.7% 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 Las Cruces
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 Las Cruces job market

Las Cruces has 310 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 129 job titles and 50 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #1 by applications, with 24.5% of them.

Applications in Las Cruces, all job titles
310
Job titles filed
129
Rank of Assistant Professor in Las Cruces
1
Median offered wage in Las Cruces, all job titles
$77,250
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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