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Assistant Professor salary in Pennsylvania

A real-employer view of Assistant Professor pay, clustered from DOL OFLC certified filings. Variants like Senior, Lead, and II/III titles fold into this cluster — the wage range below reflects all of them.

Adrian Serafin, founder and editor of RateOrchardBy Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated July 29, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Assistant Professor in Pennsylvania: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 40 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $125,028. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.

By DOL wage level

DOL classifies every offer into one of four wage levels based on the role's experience and skill requirements.

LevelFilingsMedian offer
Level I — entry30$132,894
Level II — qualified4$86,737

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Assistant Professor in Pennsylvania. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings. Click a company for its full H-1B salary breakdown.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
The Pennsylvania State UniversityAssistant Professor14$117,510
Carnegie Mellon UniversityAssistant Professor11$145,025
University of PittsburghAssistant Professor5$107,000
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAAssistant Professor3$151,558
Drexel UniversityAssistant Professor1$102,411
DREXEL UNIVERSITYAssistant Professor1$102,411
La Salle UniversityAssistant Professor, Computer Science1$80,000
Robert Morris UniversityAssistant Professor, Computer Science1$93,474
Temple University--A Commonwealth UniversityAssistant Professor (Tenure Track)1$6,760,000
The Harrisburg University of Science and TechnologyAssistant Professor1$78,507

Recent sample filings

A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.

  • Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University
    $117,832
    PittsburghWage Level IDecided Mar 30, 2026I-200-26082-722773
  • Assistant Professor at The Pennsylvania State University
    $90,664
    ErieWage Level IDecided Mar 25, 2026I-200-26077-713628
  • Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) at Temple University--A Commonwealth University
    $6,760,000
    PhiladelphiaDecided Mar 20, 2026I-200-26072-703125
  • Assistant Professor at TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
    $152,140
    PhiladelphiaWage Level IDecided Mar 12, 2026I-200-26064-681640
  • Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University
    $145,148
    PittsburghWage Level IDecided Mar 6, 2026I-200-26058-670481
  • Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University
    $141,000
    PittsburghWage Level IDecided Mar 4, 2026I-200-26056-664273
  • Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University
    $180,000
    PittsburghWage Level IDecided Feb 23, 2026I-200-26047-643884
  • Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University
    $143,300
    PittsburghWage Level IDecided Jan 30, 2026I-200-26023-586475

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.