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Assistant Professor in Santa Cruz, CA

Job title · Santa Cruz, California

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
Santa Cruz, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
42
Median offered wage
$115,250
Most common occupation
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$115,250certified 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 Cruz.

Applications by fiscal year

611FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
611FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20229
FY20238
FY202411
FY20258
FY2026*6
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
1
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, Santa Cruz42
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 $115,250; middle half $100,675 to $130,375 · median prevailing wage $80,230 (marker) · 42 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I28
  2. Level II7
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 Cruz is 9.8% 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 Cruz
0.1%
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 Cruz job market

Santa Cruz has 674 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 350 job titles and 94 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #1 by applications, with 6.2% of them.

Applications in Santa Cruz, all job titles
674
Job titles filed
350
Rank of Assistant Professor in Santa Cruz
1
Median offered wage in Santa Cruz, all job titles
$140,000
National median wage, Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$82,800
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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