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Assistant Professor in Seattle, WA

Job title · Seattle, Washington

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
Seattle, Washington
Applications FY2022–FY2026
201
Median offered wage
$117,189
Most common occupation
Business Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$117,189certified 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 Seattle.

Applications by fiscal year

2550FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2550FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202245
FY202339
FY202442
FY202550
FY2026*25
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
7
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 Washington168
  2. Seattle University14
  3. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center9
  4. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center4
  5. Seattle Pacific University3
  6. Seattle Cancer Care Alliance2
  7. The Florida State University1
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 $117,189; middle half $95,694 to $140,363 · median prevailing wage $64,060 (marker) · 199 applications.

$80k$115k$150k$185k$220k
$80k$115k$150k$185k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I108
  2. Level II36
  3. Level III3
  4. Level IV10
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 Seattle is 11.6% 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 Seattle
0.7%
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 Seattle job market

Seattle has 70,656 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 9,153 job titles and 3,414 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #48 by applications, with 0.3% of them.

Applications in Seattle, all job titles
70,656
Job titles filed
9,153
Rank of Assistant Professor in Seattle
48
Median offered wage in Seattle, all job titles
$150,000
National median wage, Business Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$135,000
Other job titles in Seattle
  1. Software Engineer5,057
  2. Software Development Engineer II4,848
  3. Software Development Engineer I3,414
  4. Software Dev Engineer II2,366
  5. Software Dev Engineer I1,857
  6. Software Development Engineer III1,601
  7. Manager III, Software Development1,179
  8. Software Development Engineer1,174
  9. Senior Software Engineer910
  10. Applied Scientist II892
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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