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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.

LevelNP25MedianP75
Level I1,736$54,294$66,560$80,000
Level II1,197$64,000$75,000$95,000
Level III209$75,130$88,000$112,000
Level IV59$85,951$101,358$165,000

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.

#StateFilingsMedian
1TX706$67,000
2NY520$81,340
3CA279$85,000
4MA251$70,000
5FL240$51,116
6MO128$75,000
7AL121$72,000
8NE106$55,557
9IL104$64,800
10VA96$57,618
TX
706
NY
520
CA
279
MA
251
FL
240
MO
128
AL
121
NE
106
IL
104
VA
96

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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