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Assistant Professor in Memphis, TN

Job title · Memphis, Tennessee

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
Memphis, Tennessee
Applications FY2022–FY2026
248
Median offered wage
$67,000
Most common occupation
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$67,000certified 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 Memphis.

Applications by fiscal year

3162FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3162FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202262
FY202343
FY202459
FY202553
FY2026*31
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
4
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 Center149
  2. The University of Memphis96
  3. Christian Brothers University2
  4. Southern College of Optometry1
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 $67,000; middle half $50,752 to $87,599 · median prevailing wage $51,085 (marker) · 239 applications.

$20k$45k$70k$95k$120k
$20k$45k$70k$95k$120k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I210
  2. Level II36
  3. Level III2
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 Memphis is 36.2% 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 Memphis
0.8%
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 Memphis job market

Memphis has 6,190 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 2,075 job titles and 769 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #2 by applications, with 4.0% of them.

Applications in Memphis, all job titles
6,190
Job titles filed
2,075
Rank of Assistant Professor in Memphis
2
Median offered wage in Memphis, all job titles
$86,320
National median wage, Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$139,050
Other job titles in Memphis
  1. Postdoctoral Research Associate369
  2. Software Developer197
  3. Scientist171
  4. Software Engineer103
  5. Postdoctoral Scholar74
  6. Lead Researcher66
  7. Clinical Fellow63
  8. Systems Engineer58
  9. Bioinformatics Research Scientist44
  10. Data Analyst39
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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