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Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

Occupation · SOC 2018 25-2022 · United States

SOC 2018 code
25-2022
Share of U.S. applications
0.10%
Applications on record
12,407
FY2025
1,262
Median offered wage
$57,135
Certified (last three years)
98.7%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$57,135certified 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 Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education (SOC 25-2022). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

6311,262FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
6311,262FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200889
FY2009249
FY2010730
FY2011669
FY2012645
FY2013616
FY2014594
FY2015671
FY2016607
FY2017537
FY2018510
FY2019460
FY2020476
FY2021458
FY2022689
FY2023984
FY20241,230
FY20251,262
FY2026*931
Fiscal yearCW-1LCAPERM
FY2026*2760169
FY202571,100155
FY202461,13490
FY2023088896
FY2022160682
FY2021139562
FY2020240668
FY2019039367
FY20180400110
FY20170406131
FY20160490117
FY20150520151
FY20140491103
FY2013055363
FY2012056679
FY2011058485
FY20100618112
FY2009019059
FY20080089
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. Savannah Chatham County Public School System441
  2. Dallas Independent School District320
  3. Baltimore City Public School System293
  4. New York City Department of Education277
  5. Milwaukee Board of School Directors234
  6. Richland County School District One152
  7. Prince George's County Public Schools126
  8. Knowledge Resources Group, Inc124
  9. Houston Independent School District106
  10. Horizon Science Academy, Inc.95
  11. Roosevelt School District #6694
  12. Isaac School District No. 578
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).

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education: applications by worksite state

4+28+56+106+353+
4+28+56+106+353+
Data table
StateApplications
TX1,183
AZ1,031
NC1,005
GA972
CA882
SC740
NY645
OH534
MD522
FL480
NM421
LA353
VA335
WI306
IL262
MN233
CO202
MA186
UT175
MO156
NJ144
AK107
DC106
PA106
IN106
MI105
SD103
KS95
CT73
MS73
MP59
IA58
DE56
OK55
OR55
TN54
ND45
WA41
GU40
KY37
NV31
NE31
VI30
HI28
AR27
ID24
MT21
RI19
ME15
WV12
WY11
NH7
PR6
AL4
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ716
  2. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ532
  3. Savannah, GA455
  4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX438
  5. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX359
  6. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV348
  7. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD340
  8. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA301
  9. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA297
  10. Columbia, SC281
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 $57,135; middle half $50,000 to $65,416 · median prevailing wage $50,280 (marker) · 2,902 applications.

$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1,582
  2. Level II542
  3. Level III178
  4. Level IV125
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Middle School Teacher1,350
  2. Teacher1,260
  3. Middle School Math Teacher594
  4. Science Teacher567
  5. Mathematics Teacher513
  6. Middle School Science Teacher507
  7. Math Teacher308
  8. Public School Teacher299
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.

  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Cleveland, OH
  • Columbia, SC
  • Columbus, OH
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
  • Greensboro-High Point, NC
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Macon-Bibb County, GA
  • Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Orangeburg, SC
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
  • Roanoke Rapids, NC
  • Rocky Mount, NC
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Savannah, GA
  • St. Louis, MO-IL
  • Tucson, AZ
  • Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
  • Winston-Salem, NC
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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