What is the average H-1B salary in the education industry?

The average median H-1B salary across education sponsors is approximately $81,980 per year. Individual salaries vary by company, role, and location.

Do education companies sponsor green cards (PERM)?

Yes, 95 out of 100 education H-1B sponsors on h1b.guru have active PERM (green card) filings. Check individual employer profiles for PERM details.

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Top Education Companies That Sponsor H-1B Visas

NAICS 61 includes universities, colleges, K-12 school systems, research institutions, and educational technology companies. Higher education institutions are among the most active H-1B sponsors, hiring professors, postdoctoral researchers, and academic administrators — and notably, they are exempt from the annual H-1B cap. This cap exemption makes universities a particularly attractive pathway for international scholars and STEM researchers. Below are all H-1B visa sponsors in the education sector, ranked by total LCA filings. Data sourced from US Department of Labor disclosure files.

22,722

LCA Filings

22,843

Workers Sponsored

$81,980

Avg Median Wage

Active PERM Sponsors

#	Company	Workers	Median Wage	LCA	Approval	PERM
1	The Leland Stanford, Jr UniversityCap-Exempt	631	$87K	631	100.0%	Active
2	University Of MichiganCap-Exempt	558	$70K	558	100.0%	Active
3	Mayo ClinicCap-Exempt	653	$79K	546	100.0%	Active
4	Board Of Regents Of The University Of Wisconsin SystemCap-Exempt	497	$76K	497	100.0%	Active
5	The Washington UniversityCap-Exempt	474	$72K	474	100.0%	Active
6	Columbia International UniversityCap-Exempt	447	$83K	447	100.0%	Active
7	Indiana UniversityCap-Exempt	435	$73K	433	99.7%	Active
8	The Johns Hopkins UniversityCap-Exempt	427	$74K	427	100.0%	Active
9	Trustees Of The University Of PennsylvaniaCap-Exempt	423	$79K	423	100.0%	Active
10	University Of IllinoisCap-Exempt	375	$82K	375	100.0%	Active
11	Dallas Independent School DistrictCap-Exempt	371	$69K	371	100.0%	Active
12	University Of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterCap-Exempt	366	$71K	366	100.0%	Active
13	Purdue UniversityCap-Exempt	362	$90K	362	100.0%	Active
14	Emory UniversityCap-Exempt	351	$74K	351	100.0%	Active
15	Yale UniversityCap-Exempt	342	$87K	342	100.0%	Active
16	The University Of ChicagoCap-Exempt	340	$77K	340	100.0%	Active
17	The University Of Alabama At BirminghamCap-Exempt	339	$71K	339	100.0%	Active
18	Texas A&M International UniversityCap-Exempt	336	$83K	336	100.0%	Active
19	University Of Colorado, DenverCap-Exempt	336	$73K	336	100.0%	Active
20	University Of FloridaCap-Exempt	328	$96K	328	100.0%	Active
21	Northwestern UniversityCap-Exempt	327	$72K	327	100.0%	Active
22	The University Of IowaCap-Exempt	325	$84K	325	100.0%	Active
23	University Of California, San DiegoCap-Exempt	314	$81K	314	100.0%	Active
24	The Curators Of The University Of MissouriCap-Exempt	310	$68K	304	100.0%	Active
25	Harvard UniversityCap-Exempt	303	$82K	303	100.0%	Active
26	The University Of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterCap-Exempt	299	$80K	299	99.0%	—
27	University Of PittsburghCap-Exempt	298	$66K	298	100.0%	Active
28	The Trustees Of Princeton UniversityCap-Exempt	292	$73K	292	100.0%	—
29	Massachusetts Institute Of TechnologyCap-Exempt	282	$79K	282	100.0%	Active
30	The Ohio State UniversityCap-Exempt	279	$80K	279	100.0%	Active
31	Duke UniversityCap-Exempt	269	$75K	269	100.0%	Active
32	The University Of Texas At AustinCap-Exempt	264	$90K	264	100.0%	Active
33	University Of California, Los AngelesCap-Exempt	253	$90K	253	100.0%	Active
34	Baylor College Of MedicineCap-Exempt	251	$71K	251	100.0%	Active
35	University Of WashingtonCap-Exempt	245	$95K	245	100.0%	Active
36	University Of VirginiaCap-Exempt	242	$78K	241	100.0%	Active
37	University Of Southern CaliforniaCap-Exempt	239	$79K	239	99.5%	Active
38	Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State UniversityCap-Exempt	236	$82K	236	99.4%	Active
39	The University Of TennesseeCap-Exempt	230	$76K	230	100.0%	Active
40	University Of RochesterCap-Exempt	225	$87K	225	100.0%	Active
41	University Of California, DavisCap-Exempt	223	$86K	223	100.0%	Active
42	University Of Massachusetts Chan Medical SchoolCap-Exempt	222	$80K	222	100.0%	Active
43	University Of California, BerkeleyCap-Exempt	221	$89K	221	100.0%	Active
44	California Institute Of TechnologyCap-Exempt	221	$87K	221	100.0%	Active
45	Nyu Grossman School Of MedicineCap-Exempt	219	$93K	219	100.0%	—
46	North Carolina State UniversityCap-Exempt	215	$78K	215	99.4%	Active
47	The Pennsylvania State UniversityCap-Exempt	213	$82K	213	100.0%	Active
48	Texas Tech University Health Sciences CenterCap-Exempt	211	$80K	211	100.0%	Active
49	Rutgers, The State University Of New JerseyCap-Exempt	211	$86K	211	100.0%	Active
50	University Of OklahomaCap-Exempt	210	$71K	209	100.0%	Active
51	University Of UtahCap-Exempt	205	$89K	205	100.0%	Active
52	Arizona State UniversityCap-Exempt	200	$79K	199	100.0%	Active
53	Savannah Chatham County Public School SystemCap-Exempt	197	$62K	197	100.0%	Active
54	Cornell UniversityCap-Exempt	190	$80K	190	100.0%	Active
55	University Of Georgia; OgeCap-Exempt	184	$72K	184	100.0%	Active
56	New York UniversityCap-Exempt	183	$85K	183	100.0%	Active
57	Board Of Regents Of The University Of NebraskaCap-Exempt	180	$75K	180	100.0%	Active
58	University Of MiamiCap-Exempt	176	$83K	176	100.0%	Active
59	Iowa State University Of Science And TechnologyCap-Exempt	168	$75K	168	100.0%	Active
60	Weill Medical College Of Cornell UniversityCap-Exempt	165	$81K	165	100.0%	Active
61	Michigan State UniversityCap-Exempt	161	$84K	161	100.0%	Active
62	The University Of Texas Health Science Center At HoustonCap-Exempt	160	$84K	160	100.0%	Active
63	University Of KentuckyCap-Exempt	155	$84K	155	100.0%	Active
64	Denver Public Schools District 1Cap-Exempt	152	$67K	152	100.0%	Active
65	Trustees Of Boston UniversityCap-Exempt	149	$99K	149	100.0%	Active
66	Oregon State UniversityCap-Exempt	149	$70K	149	100.0%	Active
67	University Of Arkansas For Medical SciencesCap-Exempt	144	$73K	144	100.0%	Active
68	The Florida State UniversityCap-Exempt	142	$90K	142	100.0%	Active
69	University Of South FloridaCap-Exempt	141	$84K	141	100.0%	Active
70	Georgia Institute Of TechnologyCap-Exempt	139	$83K	139	100.0%	Active
71	Harmony Public SchoolsCap-Exempt	139	$55K	139	100.0%	Active
72	Oregon Health And Science UniversityCap-Exempt	139	$93K	139	100.0%	Active
73	The University Of ArizonaCap-Exempt	138	$76K	138	100.0%	Active
74	Louisiana State University Agricultural CenterCap-Exempt	137	$75K	137	100.0%	Active
75	Northeastern UniversityCap-Exempt	137	$114K	137	100.0%	Active
76	Medical College Of Wisconsin, Inc.Cap-Exempt	135	$196K	135	100.0%	Active
77	The Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund D/B/A Tulane UniversityCap-Exempt	134	$80K	134	100.0%	Active
78	University Of California Division Of Agriculture And Natural ResourcesCap-Exempt	131	$84K	131	100.0%	Active
79	Georgetown UniversityCap-Exempt	125	$82K	125	100.0%	Active
80	Carnegie Mellon UniversityCap-Exempt	123	$87K	123	100.0%	Active
81	University Of HoustonCap-Exempt	123	$85K	123	100.0%	Active
82	University Of California, IrvineCap-Exempt	115	$88K	115	100.0%	Active
83	Virginia Commonwealth UniversityCap-Exempt	114	$70K	114	100.0%	Active
84	University Of Notre Dame Du LacCap-Exempt	114	$85K	114	100.0%	Active
85	Portsmouth City Public SchoolsCap-Exempt	115	$58K	112	100.0%	—
86	University Of Kansas Medical CenterCap-Exempt	112	$78K	112	100.0%	Active
87	William Marsh Rice UniversityCap-Exempt	112	$74K	112	100.0%	Active
88	University Of California, Santa BarbaraCap-Exempt	110	$86K	110	100.0%	—
89	University Of North Carolina At Chapel HillCap-Exempt	109	$95K	109	100.0%	Active
90	Brown UniversityCap-Exempt	108	$83K	108	100.0%	Active
91	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center At ShreveportCap-Exempt	106	$206K	106	100.0%	Active
92	University Of ConnecticutCap-Exempt	105	$66K	105	100.0%	Active
93	Temple UniversityCap-Exempt	102	$71K	102	100.0%	Active
94	Case Western Reserve UniversityCap-Exempt	100	$70K	100	100.0%	Active
95	West Virginia UniversityCap-Exempt	99	$91K	99	100.0%	Active
96	Nevada System Of Higher EducationCap-Exempt	99	$87K	99	100.0%	Active
97	Washington State UniversityCap-Exempt	98	$86K	98	100.0%	Active
98	Milwaukee Board Of School DirectorsCap-Exempt	97	$52K	97	100.0%	Active
99	Albert Einstein College Of MedicineCap-Exempt	94	$74K	94	100.0%	Active
100	Clemson UniversityCap-Exempt	93	$71K	93	100.0%	Active

Frequently Asked Questions

Which education companies sponsor the most H-1B visas?

The top sponsor is The Leland Stanford, Jr University. See the full ranked list above with filing counts, wages, and approval rates.

What is the average H-1B salary in education?

The average median salary is approximately $81,980/year across education sponsors.

Do education companies sponsor green cards?

Yes, 95 of 100 sponsors have active PERM filings. Check individual profiles for details.

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