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Business Teachers, Postsecondary

SOC 25-1011. Offered wages, prevailing wage levels and sponsoring employers on H-1B labor condition applications, with PERM counts.

Employers filed 2,620 labor condition applications for Business Teachers, Postsecondary (SOC 25-1011) in fiscal years 2025–2026, 2,557 of them certified.

The median offered wage is $140,607 a year (quartiles $106,127–$188,091), close to the $122,221 median across all occupations; the median prevailing wage cited is $61,300. Level I is the most common prevailing wage level (60% of filings).

PERM applications for the occupation number 784 with a median offered wage of $137,514.

2,620labor condition applicationsFY2025–2026
$140,607median offered wageall occupations $122,221
$61,300median prevailing wage
98%certified

H-1B labor condition applications

Employer-specific case information was provided to OFLC by employers who submitted foreign labor certification applications. These are not employer responses to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' survey. Wage levels I–IV are as stated on the application. Data through 30 Jun 2026.

Applications by fiscal year

FY2025FY2026 (to date)
Applications by fiscal year of decision; FY2025: 1,511 certified · FY2026: 1,046 certified. The latest fiscal year is partial.

Prevailing wage levels

Level I 60%Level II 14%Level III 4%Level IV 3%Not stated 19%

MeasureSOC 25-1011All occupations
Median offered wage$140,607$122,221
25th–75th percentile$106,127–$188,091—
Share at Level I or II74%56%
Share certified98%98%

Wages annualised from the rate and unit on the application; medians use up to 4,000 sampled applications per occupation (2,613 here).

Offered wages by employer

EmployerCityApplicationsMean offered wage
Indiana UniversityBloomington51$208,082
Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette48$168,245
The Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park34$161,714
Harvard UniversityCambridge32$311,852
Arizona State UniversityTempe32$232,126
Texas Tech UniversityLubbock27$157,223
The University of Texas at DallasRichardson23$218,666
Northeastern UniversityBoston23$213,550
University of IllinoisUrbana22$204,231
Trustees of Boston UniversityBoston20$188,543
Central Connecticut State UniversityNew Britain19$91,231
The University of TennesseeKnoxville19$131,834
The University of VirginiaCharlottesville17$146,059
University of South CarolinaColumbia17$138,697
State University of New York at BinghamtonBinghamton17$161,411
The University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles16$158,808
Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia16$268,398
The Florida State UniversityTallahassee16$181,114
Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station16$207,583
New York UniversityNew York15$218,473
Cornell UniversityIthaca15$231,562
University of MichiganAnn Arbor15$175,383
Kean UniversityUnion15$116,467
University of ColoradoBoulder15$215,638
University of WashingtonSeattle15$217,402
University of Wisconsin SystemMadison15$230,191
University of DelawareNewark14$146,663
University of HawaiiHonolulu14$154,077
University of OklahomaNorman14$162,140
California State University, FullertonFullerton14$134,305
Baruch CollegeNew York14$187,943
The University of IowaIowa City14$195,574
Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken13$151,538
University of GeorgiaAthens13$176,692
The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburg13$121,515
Fairfield UniversityFairfield13$144,786
Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale12$135,843
University of MinnesotaMinneapolis12$167,335
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge12$229,472
President and Board of Trustees of Santa Clara CollegeSanta Clara12$190,515

The list names employers that have a page on this site (organisations above the size floor); the totals above count every record in the files.

Worksite states

Texas 260 · California 198 · New York 181 · Massachusetts 154 · Indiana 139 · Pennsylvania 131 · Illinois 97 · Florida 86 · Wisconsin 84 · New Jersey 81

PERM labor certification

PERM applications as disclosed by OFLC; FY2024 covers the new Form 9089 only. Status is as recorded at the data date. Data through 30 Jun 2026.

FY2024FY2025FY2026 (to date)
PERM applications by fiscal year; FY2024: 0 certified · FY2025: 353 certified · FY2026: 379 certified.

Median offered wage on PERM applications: $137,514.

EmployerCityPERM applications
Univ of WI SystemMadison18
Indiana UniversityBloomington15
Harvard UniversityCambridge11
The University of ChicagoChicago11
Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette10
The Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park9
Arizona State UniversityTempe9
Board of Regents of the University of NebraskaLincoln9
California State University, FullertonFullerton9
Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken8
Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles8
Northeastern UniversityBoston8
Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver7
Texas Tech UniversityLubbock7
Miami UniversityOxford7

The list names employers that have a page on this site (organisations above the size floor); the totals above count every record in the files.

Questions and answers

What is the H-1B salary for Business Teachers, Postsecondary?

The median offered wage on labor condition applications for SOC 25-1011 is $140,607 a year, with the middle half between $106,127 and $188,091; the median prevailing wage cited is $61,300.

Which employers file the most H-1B applications for Business Teachers, Postsecondary?

Indiana University (51), Purdue University (48), The Pennsylvania State University (34), Harvard University (32), Arizona State University (32)

Which wage level is most common for Business Teachers, Postsecondary?

Level I: Level I 60%, Level II 14%, Level III 4%, Level IV 3% of filings.

How many PERM applications name Business Teachers, Postsecondary?

784 in fiscal years 2024–2026, median offered wage $137,514.

Source: OFLC LCA and PERM disclosure files, fiscal years 2025–2026, through 30 Jun 2026. Occupation pages are built for SOC codes with at least 50 applications. How H-1B wage levels work.