Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
SOC Code: 25-1124.00
The DOL disclosure extract lists 2,047 H-1B LCA filings for Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary from 360 employer filers, with a 97.2% DOL certification rate and an average listed offered wage of $70,553. The highest-volume worksite state is CA with 289 filings. The highest-volume filer is US Army Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. These filings are not USCIS petition approvals or visa outcomes.
LCA filing profile: Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 25-1124.00, the extract lists 2,047 Labor Condition Application filings from 360 distinct employer filers. The DOL certified 97.2% of those filings, a DOL record status for the wage and working-condition attestations. Filing volume does not establish that a role qualifies for H-1B, that a USCIS petition was filed or approved, or that anyone was hired.
Where this occupation sits in the corpus. By disclosed LCA volume, Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary ranks #97 of 1,219 occupational codes in the current PlainVisa dataset, placing it in the top 9% by filings. This is a corpus-relative rank computed from the same FY2023–FY2026 DOL disclosure snapshot as this profile, not a measure of job quality, worker demand, or visa approval odds.
Where LCA filings are recorded for Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary. The highest-volume employer filer is US Army Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center with 150 filings at an average listed offered wage of $72,786, followed by Harvard University, The President & Fellows of Middlebury College, The Trustees of Princeton University. Geographically, CA leads with 289 filings (average listed wage $80,019), followed by NY, MA, IL. These distributions describe DOL filing records only; they do not measure labor-market demand, confirmed sponsorship, hiring, or visa outcomes.
Top Employers for Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
Employer filers with the most listed LCAs for this occupation
| Employer | LCA filings | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|---|
| US Army Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center | 150 | $72,786 |
| Harvard University | 57 | $80,793 |
| The President & Fellows of Middlebury College | 48 | $72,200 |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | 36 | $86,030 |
| Duke University | 34 | $67,231 |
| Yale University | 34 | $96,133 |
| University of Wisconsin System | 31 | $68,888 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | 30 | $74,658 |
| The University of Virginia | 30 | $74,103 |
| University of Illinois | 30 | $61,994 |
| Northwestern University | 29 | $72,657 |
| New York University | 26 | $109,669 |
| University of Arkansas | 26 | $62,645 |
| The University of Southern California | 25 | $91,946 |
| Columbia University | 24 | $74,092 |
| University of Georgia; OGE | 21 | $63,636 |
| The Ohio State University | 20 | $64,304 |
| Emory University | 19 | $71,614 |
| University of Mississippi | 19 | $48,820 |
| University of Notre Dame du Lac | 19 | $84,537 |
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