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Assistant Professor in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
117
Median offered wage
$109,330
Most common occupation
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$109,330certified 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 Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

1428FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1428FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202228
FY202324
FY202424
FY202520
FY2026*21
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 Francisco State University57
  2. University of California, San Francisco44
  3. University of San Francisco16
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 $109,330; middle half $94,142 to $171,245 · median prevailing wage $74,652 (marker) · 112 applications.

$80k$135k$190k$245k$300k
$80k$135k$190k$245k$300k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I11
  2. Level II19
  3. Level III13
  4. Level IV6
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 Francisco is 4.1% 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 Francisco
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 Francisco job market

San Francisco has 62,593 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 16,467 job titles and 6,403 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #46 by applications, with 0.2% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Assistant Professor in San Francisco
46
Median offered wage in San Francisco, all job titles
$167,000
National median wage, Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$139,050
Other job titles in San Francisco
  1. Software Engineer5,831
  2. Senior Software Engineer2,179
  3. Associate727
  4. Staff Software Engineer723
  5. Software Engineering Smts719
  6. Data Scientist702
  7. Product Manager678
  8. Postdoctoral Scholar642
  9. Engineering Manager520
  10. Member of Technical Staff517
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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