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Foreign Language Instructor in Monterey, CA

Job title · Monterey, California

Job title as filed
Foreign Language Instructor
City
Monterey, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
155
Median offered wage
$70,246
Most common occupation
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$70,246certified 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 "Foreign Language Instructor" and a worksite in Monterey.

Applications by fiscal year

2243FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2243FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202226
FY202330
FY202443
FY202540
FY2026*16
Certified (decided applications)
98.7%
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. US Army Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center155
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 $70,246; middle half $64,910 to $84,383 · median prevailing wage $70,246 (marker) · 152 applications.

$60k$70k$80k$90k$100k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I99
  2. Level II56
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 "Foreign Language Instructor" appears on 166 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 2 employers for worksites in 6 cities; the median offered wage is $70,242, so the median in Monterey is 0.0% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
166
Employers nationwide
2
Cities with filings
6
National median offered wage
$70,242
Share of national filings in Monterey
93.4%
Cities with the most applications for Foreign Language Instructor
  1. Monterey, CA155
  2. Mililani Town, HI4
  3. Seaside, CA4
  4. Salinas, CA1
  5. New York City, NY1
  6. Linthicum, MD1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Monterey job market

Monterey has 268 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 73 job titles and 50 employers; "Foreign Language Instructor" ranks #1 by applications, with 57.8% of them.

Applications in Monterey, all job titles
268
Job titles filed
73
Rank of Foreign Language Instructor in Monterey
1
Median offered wage in Monterey, all job titles
$76,450
National median wage, Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$65,000
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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