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Assistant Professor in San Diego, CA

Job title · San Diego, California

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
San Diego, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
115
Median offered wage
$105,972
Most common occupation
Business Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$105,972certified 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 San Diego.

Applications by fiscal year

1938FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1938FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202230
FY202320
FY202417
FY202538
FY2026*10
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
3
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. San Diego State University107
  2. University of San Diego6
  3. University of California, San Diego2
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 $105,972; middle half $92,103 to $134,364 · median prevailing wage $74,652 (marker) · 112 applications.

$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I5
  2. Level II3
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 San Diego is 0.9% 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 San Diego
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 San Diego job market

San Diego has 25,458 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 6,098 job titles and 2,718 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #27 by applications, with 0.5% of them.

Applications in San Diego, all job titles
25,458
Job titles filed
6,098
Rank of Assistant Professor in San Diego
27
Median offered wage in San Diego, all job titles
$125,595
National median wage, Business Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$135,000
Other job titles in San Diego
  1. Software Engineer902
  2. Senior Software Engineer681
  3. Staff Software Engineer426
  4. Software Developer293
  5. Senior Asics Engineer282
  6. Asics Engineer265
  7. Systems Test Engineer189
  8. Staff Asics Engineer183
  9. Software Development Engineer - Firmware164
  10. Software Development Engineer - Test163
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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