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Associate Professor in Houston, TX

Job title · Houston, Texas

Job title as filed
Associate Professor
City
Houston, Texas
Applications FY2022–FY2026
49
Median offered wage
$196,000
Most common occupation
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$196,000certified 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 "Associate Professor" and a worksite in Houston.

Applications by fiscal year

713FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
713FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20229
FY202311
FY202410
FY202513
FY2026*6
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
4
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. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston17
  2. Baylor College of Medicine15
  3. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center13
  4. The University of Houston4
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 $196,000; middle half $130,000 to $278,958 · median prevailing wage $112,487 (marker) · 47 applications.

$120k$185k$250k$315k$380k
$120k$185k$250k$315k$380k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I5
  2. Level II10
  3. Level III14
  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 "Associate Professor" appears on 1,735 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 328 employers for worksites in 321 cities; the median offered wage is $127,379, so the median in Houston is 53.9% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,735
Employers nationwide
328
Cities with filings
321
National median offered wage
$127,379
Share of national filings in Houston
2.8%
Cities with the most applications for Associate Professor
  1. Houston, TX49
  2. Atlanta, GA48
  3. New York City, NY48
  4. Boston, MA36
  5. Charlottesville, VA35
  6. New Haven, CT34
  7. Baltimore, MD34
  8. Birmingham, AL33
  9. Little Rock, AR24
  10. Chicago, IL21
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Houston job market

Houston has 42,380 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 11,789 job titles and 6,486 employers; "Associate Professor" ranks #95 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Houston, all job titles
42,380
Job titles filed
11,789
Rank of Associate Professor in Houston
95
Median offered wage in Houston, all job titles
$98,500
National median wage, Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$139,050
Other job titles in Houston
  1. Software Developer3,067
  2. Software Engineer1,679
  3. Assistant Professor763
  4. Postdoctoral Associate/fellow423
  5. Postdoctoral Fellow395
  6. Data Engineer341
  7. Research Scientist301
  8. Manager301
  9. Data Scientist272
  10. Architect268
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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