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Assistant Professor in Santa Barbara, CA

Job title · Santa Barbara, California

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
Santa Barbara, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
57
Median offered wage
$120,000
Most common occupation
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$120,000certified 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 Santa Barbara.

Applications by fiscal year

1020FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1020FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20225
FY202314
FY20246
FY202520
FY2026*12
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
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. University of California at Santa Barbara56
  2. Westmont College1
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 $120,000; middle half $105,600 to $145,100 · median prevailing wage $92,210 (marker) · 57 applications.

$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I33
  2. Level II21
  3. Level III1
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 Santa Barbara is 14.3% 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 Santa Barbara
0.2%
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 Santa Barbara job market

Santa Barbara has 880 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 288 job titles and 157 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #3 by applications, with 6.5% of them.

Applications in Santa Barbara, all job titles
880
Job titles filed
288
Rank of Assistant Professor in Santa Barbara
3
Median offered wage in Santa Barbara, all job titles
$93,881
National median wage, Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$82,800
Other job titles in Santa Barbara
  1. Postdoctoral Scholar89
  2. Postdoctoral Scholar- Employee61
  3. Project Scientist55
  4. Lecturer30
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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