H-1B salary guideSOC 25-9044Rank #72Updated May 2026
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary
H-1B prevailing-wage data for Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary (SOC 25-9044). Based on 3,866 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.
Median wage
$70,000
P50 across filings
P25 wage
$58,926
lower quartile
P75 wage
$85,000
upper quartile
Filings
3,866
Rank #72
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Wage by DOL prevailing-wage level
P25 / P50 / P75 of offered annual wage at each PW_WAGE_LEVEL. Level I = entry, Level IV = expert — the I-to-IV gap is the career runway.
| Level | N | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level I | 1,736 | $54,294 | $66,560 | $80,000 |
| Level II | 1,197 | $64,000 | $75,000 | $95,000 |
| Level III | 209 | $75,130 | $88,000 | $112,000 |
| Level IV | 59 | $85,951 | $101,358 | $165,000 |
Top hiring states
Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.
Top sponsoring employers
Who actually files most for this role.
University of Texas Southw…
110
The Leland Stanford, Jr Un…
78
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M.…
76
Icahn School of Medicine a…
73
Baylor College of Medicine
43
Johns Hopkins University
35
The University of Alabama …
31
MAHARISHI International UN…
31
Columbia University
28
University of Nebraska Med…
25
Median wage by fiscal year
How the typical offered wage for this SOC has drifted across fiscal years.
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