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Lecturer in Santa Barbara, CA

Job title · Santa Barbara, California

Job title as filed
Lecturer
City
Santa Barbara, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
30
Median offered wage
$77,202
Most common occupation
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$77,202certified 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 "Lecturer" and a worksite in Santa Barbara.

Applications by fiscal year

59FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
59FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20224
FY20236
FY20249
FY20255
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 at Santa Barbara30
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 $77,202; middle half $71,982 to $102,307 · median prevailing wage $74,162 (marker) · 28 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I16
  2. Level II4
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 "Lecturer" appears on 2,032 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 168 employers for worksites in 193 cities; the median offered wage is $68,247, so the median in Santa Barbara is 13.1% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
2,032
Employers nationwide
168
Cities with filings
193
National median offered wage
$68,247
Share of national filings in Santa Barbara
1.5%
Cities with the most applications for Lecturer
  1. San Luis Obispo, CA76
  2. Athens, GA62
  3. Gainesville, FL57
  4. Princeton, NJ53
  5. Atlanta, GA50
  6. Norman, OK49
  7. Bloomington, IN47
  8. Berkeley, CA43
  9. Cambridge, MA41
  10. Binghamton, NY40
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; "Lecturer" ranks #5 by applications, with 3.4% of them.

Applications in Santa Barbara, all job titles
880
Job titles filed
288
Rank of Lecturer in Santa Barbara
5
Median offered wage in Santa Barbara, all job titles
$93,881
National median wage, English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$70,000
Other job titles in Santa Barbara
  1. Postdoctoral Scholar89
  2. Postdoctoral Scholar- Employee61
  3. Assistant Professor57
  4. Project Scientist55
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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