Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary: H-1B and PERM filings, SOC 25-1126

324 LCA filings, fiscal years 2025 to 2026Median offered wage $78,11499% certified

Employers filed 324 labor condition applications (LCA) for Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary (SOC occupation 25-1126) in fiscal years 2025 to 2026. OFLC certified 320 of them.

The median offered wage is $78,114 a year. Half of the wages are from $65,000 to $95,000. The median for all occupations is $122,221 a year. The median prevailing wage on the forms is $59,592 a year.

Level I is the level that most filings state. It is 67% of the filings.

Employers filed 82 PERM applications for this occupation in fiscal years 2024 to 2026. The median offered wage on these applications is $75,176 a year.

H-1B and PERM: labor condition applications

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Employer-specific case information that appears on this website was provided to OFLC by employers who submitted prevailing wage, labor certification and labor attestation applications for processing. These are not employer responses to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment Statistics (BLS-OES) survey.
Any typographical errors or other data anomalies (e.g., incomplete or blank data fields, etc.) may be due to internal data entry or other external customer errors in completing and submitting the applications for processing.
A small percentage of determinations may be subject to change in subsequent quarterly releases due to appeal or redetermination decisions on employer applications.
The words of the Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Source: Performance Data, read 2 Oct 2026.

Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary: offered wages by employer the 40 employers with the most LCA filings for this occupation in fiscal years 2025 to 2026, shown in name order
Employer	City	LCA filings for this occupation	Mean offered wage
Bard College	Annandale-on-Hudson	2	No data
Baylor University	Waco	2	No data
California State University, Bakersfield	Bakersfield	3	$81,324
Cornell University	Ithaca	2	No data
Duke University	Durham	2	No data
Emmaus Bible College	Dubuque	2	No data
Emory University	Atlanta	3	$79,482
Georgetown University	Washington	4	$74,323
Georgia State University	Atlanta	6	$54,721
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore	3	$82,377
Loyola University Chicago	Chicago	4	$90,704
Lutheran University Association Inc.	Valparaiso	3	$49,767
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge	3	$132,667
Oklahoma State University	Stillwater	6	$55,142
Olivet University	Anza	10	$71,609
President and Board of Trustees of Santa Clara College	Santa Clara	2	No data
Purdue University	West Lafayette	3	$79,318
Regents of the University of California at Riverside	Riverside	3	$114,066
Skidmore College	Saratoga Springs	2	No data
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	Stanford	2	No data
The Ohio State University	Columbus	2	No data
The University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa	3	$51,634
The University of Alabama at Birmingham	Birmingham	2	No data
The University of Arizona	Tucson	3	$85,370
The University of Chicago	Chicago	3	$80,233
The University of Southern California	Los Angeles	5	$102,742
Trustees of Boston University	Boston	4	$95,873
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	2	No data
University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley	4	$124,475
University of Colorado	Boulder	6	$100,801
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor	2	No data
University of New Hampshire	Durham	3	$69,003
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill	4	$91,500
University of Notre Dame du Lac	Notre Dame	4	$156,813
University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	9	$98,706
University of Washington	Seattle	3	$97,647
University of Wisconsin System	Madison	4	$99,591
Villanova University	Villanova	3	$61,852
Washington University	St. Louis	3	$58,000
Yale University	New Haven	4	$203,250

Every employer with this occupation (CSV)All 67 employers, A to Z

Select a column head to sort the table. A wage is a year: the rate on the form times its unit. A mean needs three or more filings that state a wage.

Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary: LCA filings by fiscal year fiscal year 2026 is to 30 Jun 2026
Fiscal year	Filings	Certified	Certified share
2025	192	190	99%
2026	132	130	98%

Prevailing wage levels on the filings

Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary: LCA filings by prevailing wage level
Level	Filings	Share
Level I	217	67%
Level II	49	15%
Level III	18	6%
Level IV	5	2%
Not stated	35	11%

Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary: wages beside all occupations
Measure	SOC 25-1126	All occupations
Median offered wage	$78,114	$122,221
25th percentile	$65,000	No data
75th percentile	$95,000	No data
Median prevailing wage	$59,592	No data

Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary: LCA filings by worksite state
Worksite state	LCA filings
California	41
Pennsylvania	24
Texas	24
New York	21
Massachusetts	20
Indiana	19
Illinois	15
North Carolina	14
Virginia	10
Colorado	10

The medians use a sample of up to 4,000 filings for each occupation (323 here).

PERM applications: permanent labor certification

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Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary: PERM applications by fiscal year fiscal year 2024 is the new Form 9089 only
Fiscal year	Applications	Certified
2024	0	0
2025	39	38
2026	43	42

Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary: employers with the most PERM applications the 15 employers with the highest count in fiscal years 2024 to 2026, shown in name order
Employer	City	PERM applications
California State University, Bakersfield	Bakersfield	2
Colorado Christian University	Lakewood	2
Georgetown University	Washington	2
Graduate Theological Union	Berkeley	1
Hope College	Holland	2
Loyola Marymount University	Los Angeles	1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge	2
Middle Tennessee State University	Murfreesboro	2
Oklahoma State University	Stillwater	1
Olivet University	Anza	2
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	Edinburg	2
University of California, Riverside	Riverside	2
University of California, Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	2
University of Massachusetts Amherst	Amherst	2
University of Washington	Seattle	1

The median offered wage on the PERM applications is $75,176 a year.

Questions about this record

What is the H-1B wage for Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary?: The median offered wage on LCAs for SOC occupation 25-1126 is $78,114 a year. Half of the wages are from $65,000 to $95,000. The median prevailing wage on the forms is $59,592.
Which wage levels do employers state for Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary?: The LCAs state Level I in 67%, Level II in 15%, Level III in 6% and Level IV in 2%, and no level in 11%. The employer states the level on the form.
How many PERM applications are for Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary?: Employers filed 82 PERM applications in fiscal years 2024 to 2026, with a median offered wage of $75,176 a year.

Source: OFLC LCA and PERM disclosure files, fiscal years 2025 to 2026. An occupation has a page with 50 or more LCA filings. How H-1B wage levels work.