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Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Occupation · SOC 2018 25-1042 · United States

SOC 2018 code
25-1042
Share of U.S. applications
0.07%
Applications on record
7,977
FY2025
616
Median offered wage
$91,926
Certified (last three years)
99.9%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$91,926certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary (SOC 25-1042). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary

308616FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
308616FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200884
FY2009172
FY2010494
FY2011368
FY2012402
FY2013337
FY2014395
FY2015377
FY2016446
FY2017441
FY2018474
FY2019445
FY2020440
FY2021479
FY2022563
FY2023523
FY2024525
FY2025616
FY2026*396
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*34254
FY202557541
FY202450223
FY202349528
FY202252736
FY202140673
FY202038159
FY201939748
FY201839777
FY201738160
FY201635195
FY201530869
FY201431778
FY201328849
FY201232181
FY201130365
FY2010352142
FY200911359
FY2008084
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Weill Cornell Medical College205
  2. Harvard University131
  3. University of Michigan130
  4. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey128
  5. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio124
  6. State University of New York at Buffalo122
  7. University of California, Davis121
  8. Yale University118
  9. University of California, San Diego110
  10. University of Maryland College Park107
  11. The Pennsylvania State University102
  12. University of Minnesota85
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary: applications by worksite state

2+34+66+112+202+
2+34+66+112+202+
Data table
StateApplications
CA761
TX739
NY735
MA356
FL341
PA303
MI288
GA280
NC245
IL242
OH224
IN202
CT191
NJ190
VA189
MO151
MN148
WI144
MD141
TN136
WA127
AL112
AZ112
CO104
MS104
LA100
OK94
IA92
SC88
KS83
NE83
OR75
UT72
AR66
WV61
RI59
DC56
NM56
KY55
NV47
HI43
NH35
ND35
ID34
ME34
PR32
VT29
SD18
GU15
DE14
WY12
MT11
AK7
VI4
MP2
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ636
  2. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH270
  3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA260
  4. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX156
  5. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN151
  6. San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX136
  7. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA126
  8. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA121
  9. New Haven, CT118
  10. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA114
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $91,926; middle half $71,984 to $113,675 · median prevailing wage $62,730 (marker) · 1,380 applications.

$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I829
  2. Level II356
  3. Level III63
  4. Level IV35
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Assistant Professor3,140
  2. Assistant Professor of Biology312
  3. Instructor244
  4. Associate Professor191
  5. Lecturer160
  6. Research Assistant Professor156
  7. Professor101
  8. Assistant Professor/research74
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Ann Arbor, MI
  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • New Haven, CT
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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