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Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary

Occupation · SOC 2018 25-1124 · United States

SOC 2018 code
25-1124
Share of U.S. applications
0.11%
Applications on record
13,722
FY2025
684
Median offered wage
$67,000
Certified (last three years)
99.4%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$67,000certified 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 Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary (SOC 25-1124). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

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

6231,245FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
6231,245FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008156
FY2009305
FY20101,245
FY2011973
FY20121,044
FY2013825
FY2014850
FY2015858
FY2016822
FY2017739
FY2018731
FY2019700
FY2020642
FY2021619
FY2022656
FY2023670
FY2024646
FY2025684
FY2026*557
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*00425132
FY202500575109
FY20240157867
FY20230059773
FY20220058373
FY202100504115
FY20203054198
FY201900594106
FY201800599132
FY201700623116
FY201600635187
FY201500680178
FY201400672178
FY20130072798
FY201200831213
FY201100777196
FY201000899346
FY200900176129
FY2008000156
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. US Army Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center505
  2. Dliflc - Defense Language Institute Foreigh Langua392
  3. The President and Fellows of Middlebury College271
  4. University of Michigan226
  5. Columbia University207
  6. Harvard University200
  7. New York University158
  8. Indiana University156
  9. University of Virginia145
  10. Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania144
  11. State University of New York at Buffalo140
  12. Yale University137
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).

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

4+39+126+205+444+
4+39+126+205+444+
Data table
StateApplications
CA1,940
NY1,272
PA802
MA726
TX533
VA503
NC501
IL489
GA485
MI461
IN459
OH444
CT269
NJ257
WI254
FL246
VT227
MN222
DC221
TN217
IA206
MD205
UT194
WA184
CO173
KY166
MO163
SC159
OR158
KS133
AR133
AZ129
MS126
AL124
RI109
OK106
HI103
ME97
LA94
NH70
WV54
NE52
NM39
ID33
NV32
SD28
ND27
DE26
PR25
MT22
WY15
MP5
AK4
Metropolitan areas
  1. Salinas, CA1,112
  2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ837
  3. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH533
  4. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV380
  5. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD375
  6. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA362
  7. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN351
  8. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA275
  9. Ann Arbor, MI228
  10. Durham-Chapel Hill, NC211
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 $67,000; middle half $58,150 to $82,000 · median prevailing wage $55,630 (marker) · 1,528 applications.

$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1,038
  2. Level II231
  3. Level III21
  4. Level IV7
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Assistant Professor1,797
  2. Lecturer1,598
  3. Instructor432
  4. Foreign Language Instructor420
  5. Assistant Professor of Spanish309
  6. Foreign Language Instructor Post Secondary287
  7. Visiting Assistant Professor204
  8. Senior Lecturer136
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
  • Charlottesville, VA
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
  • Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Madison, WI
  • New Haven, CT
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Salinas, CA
  • St. Louis, MO-IL
  • Trenton-Princeton, NJ
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
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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