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Assistant Professor in Portland, OR

Job title · Portland, Oregon

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
Portland, Oregon
Applications FY2022–FY2026
113
Median offered wage
$149,490
Most common occupation
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$149,490certified 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 Portland.

Applications by fiscal year

1428FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1428FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202227
FY202328
FY202421
FY202525
FY2026*12
Certified (decided applications)
99.1%
Employers filing
2
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. Oregon Health & Science University72
  2. Portland State University41
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 $149,490; middle half $109,768 to $295,261 · median prevailing wage $69,056 (marker) · 112 applications.

$80k$165k$250k$335k$420k
$80k$165k$250k$335k$420k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I29
  2. Level II32
  3. Level III3
  4. Level IV7
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 Portland is 42.4% 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 Portland
0.4%
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 Portland job market

Portland has 5,256 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 2,065 job titles and 1,082 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #3 by applications, with 2.1% of them.

Applications in Portland, all job titles
5,256
Job titles filed
2,065
Rank of Assistant Professor in Portland
3
Median offered wage in Portland, all job titles
$108,000
National median wage, Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$139,050
Other job titles in Portland
  1. Software Engineer182
  2. Postdoctoral Scholar115
  3. Software Developer107
  4. Application Developer101
  5. Resident Physician65
  6. Senior Software Engineer51
  7. Data Engineer50
  8. Project Manager48
  9. Support Engineer Ii-external48
  10. Fellow Physician46
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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