Occupation · SOC 25-1032

Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary: H-1B salaries and wage levels

1,468certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

$100,000median offer

$87k to $114kmiddle half of offers

0%of new-employment offers reach Level IV for their area

Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27

What employers offer

1,468 certified LCAs, coloured by the level each salary reaches in its own area

$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k

Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 10 LCAs = 20 LCAs

Lottery entries

3 new-employment LCAs

Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 67%33% 3

All employers 12%28%25%18%16% 149,984

1 entry · Level I2 · Level II3 · Level III4 · Level IVunder Level I, still 1 entry

How this is calculated

New-employment H-1B LCAs only, the filings behind most cap petitions; extensions, transfers and amendments do not go through the lottery, and cap-exempt universities and nonprofit research organizations are left out. Each offered salary (low end of the range) is compared with the OFLC Level I to IV wages for its occupation and worksite area, wage year 2026-27; a filing with several worksites counts at its lowest level, as the rule requires. Numbers on the right are LCAs. Full methodology.

Over time

fiscal years, October to September · hatched: year to date

Certified H-1B LCAs

1,019 FY2026 to date

1.1kFY23

1.2kFY24

1.5kFY25

1.0kFY26

Median offer

$100,000 FY2026

$95kFY23

$98kFY24

$100kFY25

$100kFY26

Top employers

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

#	Employer	Certified LCAs	Median salary
1	Purdue University	41	$109,000
2	Texas A&M University	35	$111,986
3	University of Wisconsin System	31	$97,706
4	University of Michigan	28	$123,073
5	The Curators of the University of Missouri	23	$85,000
6	The Pennsylvania State University	22	$101,358
7	The University of Tennessee	22	$108,750
8	Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	22	$108,612
9	Arizona State University	21	$105,960
10	University of Illinois	20	$119,230
11	State University Of New York At Buffalo	19	$97,850
12	California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo	18	$111,312
13	South Dakota State University	16	$94,000
14	University of Maryland College Park	16	$109,738
15	University of Minnesota	16	$106,575
16	Iowa State University of Science and Technology	15	$102,725
17	Georgia Institute of Technology	14	$129,040
18	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	14	$140,400
19	University of Colorado	14	$95,668
20	Auburn University	13	$100,280
21	Louisiana State University and A&M College	13	$106,350
22	Old Dominion University	13	$95,000
23	Rochester Institute of Technology	13	$56,850
24	University Of Cincinnati	13	$101,001
25	University of Florida	13	$100,000
	All other employers	983	–