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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 August 3, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Assistant Professor in Pennsylvania: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 34 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $120,382. 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 — entry18$106,732
Level II — qualified5$115,000
Level III — experienced1$149,607
Level IV — fully competent2$429,520

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
University of PittsburghAssistant Professor12$125,547
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAAssistant Professor4$144,264
Lehigh UniversityAssistant Professor3$95,000
The Pennsylvania State UniversityAssociate Professor3$110,268
Thomas Jefferson UniversityAssistant Professor3$127,000
Drexel UniversityAssistant Professor2$102,960
Temple University--A Commonwealth UniversityAssistant Professor (NTT)2$132,188
West Virginia UniversityAssistant Professor (Interventional Cardiology)2$120,765
DREXEL UNIVERSITYAssistant Professor1$62,500
Geisinger Commonwealth School of MedicineAssistant Professor, Anatomy1$62,400

Recent sample filings

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

  • Assistant Professor, Radiology at University of Pittsburgh
    $239,990
    PittsburghWage Level IVDecided Mar 17, 2026I-200-26069-692931
  • Assistant Professor at TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
    $115,000
    PhiladelphiaWage Level IIDecided Feb 20, 2026I-200-26043-637068
  • Assistant Professor at Lehigh University
    $95,000
    BethlehemWage Level IDecided Feb 10, 2026I-200-26034-616263
  • Assistant Professor, Community & Trauma Counseling at Philadelphia University
    $86,453
    PhiladelphiaWage Level IDecided Jan 27, 2026I-200-26020-571903
  • Assistant Professor (Microbiology & Immunology) at Thomas Jefferson University
    $127,000
    PhiladelphiaWage Level IDecided Jan 23, 2026I-200-26015-561937
  • Assistant Professor, Large Animal Diagnostic Imaging at TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
    $149,607
    Kennett SquareWage Level IIIDecided Jan 2, 2026I-200-25357-507167
  • Assistant Professor (Interventional Cardiology) at West Virginia University
    $120,765
    UniontownWage Level IDecided Sep 12, 2025I-200-25248-288866
  • Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh
    $115,540
    PittsburghDecided Sep 8, 2025I-200-25241-277126

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.