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Assistant Professor in Philadelphia, PA

Job title · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Applications FY2022–FY2026
192
Median offered wage
$135,000
Most common occupation
Business Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$135,000certified 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 Philadelphia.

Applications by fiscal year

2243FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2243FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202239
FY202342
FY202440
FY202543
FY2026*28
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
8
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. Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania130
  2. Drexel University40
  3. The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology8
  4. Temple University--a Commonwealth University6
  5. Fox Chase Cancer Center4
  6. Thomas Jefferson University2
  7. La Salle University1
  8. Michigan State University1
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 $135,000; middle half $108,209 to $200,000 · median prevailing wage $58,250 (marker) · 190 applications.

$80k$125k$170k$215k$260k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I147
  2. Level II36
  3. Level III3
  4. Level IV3
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 Philadelphia is 28.6% 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 Philadelphia
0.7%
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 Philadelphia job market

Philadelphia has 15,436 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 4,606 job titles and 1,960 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #6 by applications, with 1.2% of them.

Applications in Philadelphia, all job titles
15,436
Job titles filed
4,606
Rank of Assistant Professor in Philadelphia
6
Median offered wage in Philadelphia, all job titles
$95,701
National median wage, Business Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$135,000
Other job titles in Philadelphia
  1. Senior Consultant579
  2. Manager444
  3. Research Associate389
  4. Postdoctoral Researcher331
  5. Software Developer300
  6. Software Engineer192
  7. Consultant180
  8. Engineer 4, Software Development & Engineering168
  9. Engineer 3, Software Development & Engineering155
  10. Resident Physician109
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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