Occupation · SOC 25-1124

Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary: H-1B salaries and wage levels

505certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

$69,343median offer

$58k to $84kmiddle 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

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

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

Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 5 LCAs = 5 LCAs

Lottery entries

4 new-employment LCAs

Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 100% 4

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

409 FY2026 to date

523FY23

531FY24

538FY25

409FY26

Median offer

$71,000 FY2026

$64kFY23

$65kFY24

$68kFY25

$71kFY26

Top employers

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

#	Employer	Certified LCAs	Median salary
1	US Army Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center	23	$84,383
2	University of Michigan	20	$58,576
3	The President & Fellows of Middlebury College	17	$66,622
4	Harvard University	14	$75,700
5	Duke University	12	$64,253
6	The Trustees of Princeton University	11	$86,950
7	Indiana University	9	$55,903
8	University of Wisconsin System	9	$76,664
9	Northwestern University	8	$71,000
10	University of Arkansas	8	$51,000
11	Yale University	8	$85,400
12	Columbia University	7	$81,800
13	Johns Hopkins University	7	$66,200
14	University of California, Berkeley	7	$98,249
15	University of Georgia; OGE	7	$65,000
16	University of Illinois	7	$60,000
17	The University of Iowa	7	$56,000
18	University of Maryland College Park	7	$66,661
19	The University of Southern California	7	$62,730
20	Purdue University	6	$79,750
21	State University Of New York At Buffalo	6	$60,977
22	Trustees of Boston University	6	$81,144
23	University of Mississippi	6	$47,342
24	University of Notre Dame du Lac	6	$84,002
25	Vanderbilt University	6	$73,024
	All other employers	274	–