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English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary

Occupation · SOC 2018 25-1123 · United States

SOC 2018 code
25-1123
Share of U.S. applications
0.03%
Applications on record
3,676
FY2025
241
Median offered wage
$71,150
Certified (last three years)
99.8%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$71,150certified 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 English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary (SOC 25-1123). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary

152303FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
152303FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200830
FY200970
FY2010303
FY2011212
FY2012220
FY2013207
FY2014267
FY2015207
FY2016205
FY2017189
FY2018198
FY2019203
FY2020157
FY2021152
FY2022195
FY2023224
FY2024209
FY2025241
FY2026*187
Fiscal yearCW-1LCAPERM
FY2026*015334
FY2025019942
FY2024019415
FY2023020222
FY2022017520
FY2021012329
FY2020212629
FY2019016835
FY2018016434
FY2017015534
FY2016015550
FY2015015750
FY2014020661
FY2013017829
FY2012018040
FY2011017537
FY2010021687
FY200903535
FY20080030
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 Buffalo68
  2. Case Western Reserve University47
  3. Yale University45
  4. The Ohio University44
  5. University of Hawaii39
  6. Michigan State University37
  7. Harvard University37
  8. University of Maryland College Park32
  9. The Pennsylvania State University30
  10. University of Michigan29
  11. New York University29
  12. George Mason University28
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).

English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary: applications by worksite state

1+17+31+48+107+
1+17+31+48+107+
Data table
StateApplications
NY397
CA294
TX239
OH231
MA192
PA163
IL148
VA139
GA126
MI121
NC111
IN107
FL95
CT92
NJ80
TN72
AZ54
IA53
UT51
DC50
HI50
MD48
WI48
WA46
OR46
KY44
MO43
CO39
SC39
AL38
MN38
MS35
KS34
AR31
LA28
RI27
WV25
OK23
NE22
NH22
ID20
DE20
NM19
VT17
ME17
MT10
SD9
NV7
GU3
AK3
WY3
MP2
PR2
ND1
VI1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ269
  2. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH141
  3. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV109
  4. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA104
  5. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD82
  6. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN73
  7. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA68
  8. Cleveland, OH62
  9. Athens, OH47
  10. Urban Honolulu, HI46
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 $71,150; middle half $60,000 to $85,054 · median prevailing wage $54,330 (marker) · 526 applications.

$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I348
  2. Level II82
  3. Level III11
  4. Level IV4
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Assistant Professor952
  2. Lecturer248
  3. Assistant Professor of English223
  4. Instructor128
  5. Visiting Assistant Professor70
  6. Associate Professor65
  7. Professor51
  8. Assistant Teaching Professor50
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.

  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • 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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