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Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary

Occupation · SOC 2018 25-1062 · United States

SOC 2018 code
25-1062
Share of U.S. applications
0.02%
Applications on record
2,226
FY2025
189
Median offered wage
$80,342
Certified (last three years)
100.0%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$80,342certified 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 Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary (SOC 25-1062). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary

95189FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
95189FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200812
FY200930
FY2010120
FY201176
FY201280
FY2013100
FY2014142
FY2015100
FY2016123
FY201797
FY2018138
FY2019147
FY2020136
FY2021132
FY2022153
FY2023150
FY2024180
FY2025189
FY2026*121
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*9130
FY202516920
FY202416515
FY202313614
FY202212924
FY202110626
FY202011026
FY201912225
FY201810830
FY20177126
FY20169033
FY20157525
FY201411131
FY20138515
FY20125624
FY2011688
FY20107743
FY20092010
FY2008012
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. New York University77
  2. State University of New York at Buffalo71
  3. University of Michigan60
  4. The Pennsylvania State University50
  5. The University of Texas at Austin43
  6. Columbia University40
  7. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill38
  8. University of Pittsburgh34
  9. The University of Chicago31
  10. Brown University30
  11. Indiana University29
  12. The Trustees of Princeton University29
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).

Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary: applications by worksite state

1+6+17+36+60+
1+6+17+36+60+
Data table
StateApplications
NY317
CA252
PA168
MA139
IL112
NC104
MI87
TX83
OH74
CT63
IN60
AZ51
VA50
FL44
GA43
NJ42
MO40
WI38
WA38
RI37
MN36
OR34
CO31
DC26
HI26
TN24
MD21
ME19
KS18
LA17
NH16
SC13
VT13
KY12
IA12
AL10
UT10
OK9
MS8
NV6
NE5
AR4
MT4
NM4
AK2
SD1
WY1
WV1
DE1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ201
  2. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN75
  3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA74
  4. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH63
  5. Amherst Town-Northampton, MA63
  6. Ann Arbor, MI61
  7. State College, PA49
  8. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX45
  9. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV44
  10. Durham-Chapel Hill, NC43
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 $80,342; middle half $65,844 to $92,209 · median prevailing wage $61,270 (marker) · 416 applications.

$40k$60k$80k$100k$120k
$40k$60k$80k$100k$120k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I288
  2. Level II62
  3. Level III6
  4. Level IV3
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Assistant Professor645
  2. Lecturer100
  3. Associate Professor57
  4. Visiting Assistant Professor50
  5. Professor32
  6. Assistant Teaching Professor29
  7. Postdoctoral Fellow18
  8. Postdoctoral Associate18
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.

  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
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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