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Education Teachers, Postsecondary

Occupation · SOC 2018 25-1081 · United States

SOC 2018 code
25-1081
Share of U.S. applications
0.04%
Applications on record
5,088
FY2025
334
Median offered wage
$72,464
Certified (last three years)
99.6%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$72,464certified 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 Education Teachers, Postsecondary (SOC 25-1081). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Education Teachers, Postsecondary

207413FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
207413FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200872
FY2009124
FY2010413
FY2011269
FY2012293
FY2013304
FY2014327
FY2015284
FY2016294
FY2017283
FY2018299
FY2019254
FY2020200
FY2021245
FY2022274
FY2023278
FY2024264
FY2025334
FY2026*277
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*21661
FY202527064
FY202423826
FY202325919
FY202224034
FY202119550
FY202016238
FY201920153
FY201822970
FY201722954
FY201621975
FY201522955
FY201425176
FY201326638
FY201222667
FY201121554
FY2010305108
FY20098935
FY2008072
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. State University of New York at Buffalo118
  2. The Florida State University62
  3. The Curators of the University of Missouri61
  4. Teaching House Inc59
  5. The University of Alabama54
  6. Western Michigan University50
  7. Michigan State University49
  8. University of Maryland College Park47
  9. Monmouth University47
  10. Texas A&m University46
  11. University of Oklahoma45
  12. Texas Tech University40
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).

Education Teachers, Postsecondary: applications by worksite state

1+21+56+77+133+
1+21+56+77+133+
Data table
StateApplications
NY478
TX402
CA350
FL202
IL201
MI194
PA194
OH193
GA184
NJ148
MA141
WI133
IN133
NC132
MO131
VA124
WA107
TN100
KY90
OK86
AL85
IA80
NM77
CT75
ID74
UT70
SC69
KS68
AZ65
MD64
OR62
MN59
NE56
AR49
LA38
CO38
HI38
MS38
WV29
ND29
NV27
VT24
DE23
MT21
PR20
ME16
SD14
DC13
WY13
RI13
AK10
GU4
NH3
VI1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ379
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA135
  3. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH117
  4. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD90
  5. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN85
  6. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA76
  7. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV71
  8. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX64
  9. St. Louis, MO-IL63
  10. Tallahassee, FL62
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 $72,464; middle half $63,956 to $83,000 · median prevailing wage $51,400 (marker) · 706 applications.

$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I422
  2. Level II111
  3. Level III18
  4. Level IV3
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Assistant Professor1,709
  2. Assistant Professor of Education136
  3. Associate Professor115
  4. Lecturer109
  5. Esl Teacher Trainer78
  6. Instructor76
  7. Visiting Assistant Professor58
  8. Clinical Assistant Professor56
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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