The University of Tennessee H-1B wage filings
Knoxville, TN. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
The University of Tennessee filed 154 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $90,000, 26.6% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Assistant Professor (62 filings, median $96,815).
- Filings
- 154
- Positions covered
- 153
- Certified
- 99.4%
- Job titles
- 40
- Worksite cities
- 9
- Filings since FY2020
- 710
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +17%
Offered wage since 2020
The University of Tennessee's median H-1B wage offer rose 17%, from $75,000 in fiscal 2020 to $87,563 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 28.8% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 134 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
The University of Tennessee by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 107 | $87,563 | −1.7% | $63,069 | +28.8% |
| 2025 | 134 | $89,058 | +13.7% | $62,878 | +23.4% |
| 2024 | 101 | $78,305 | +11.9% | $54,790 | +26.2% |
| 2023 | 100 | $70,000 | −10.3% | $54,725 | +24.7% |
| 2022 | 83 | $78,000 | +9.9% | $51,370 | +41.0% |
| 2021 | 77 | $71,000 | −5.3% | $48,390 | +25.9% |
| 2020 | 108 | $75,000 | n/a | $55,744 | +14.9% |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing | Median since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 62 | $96,815 | +35.8% | +10% since 2020 | |
| Post Doctoral Research Associate | 25 | $68,000 | +18.6% | +28% since 2020 | |
| Research Assistant Professor | 11 | $102,000 | +41.9% | +28% since 2023 | |
| Teaching Assistant Professor | 7 | $59,950 | +18.2% | ||
| Teaching Associate Professor | 5 | $103,500 | +28.5% | ||
| Lecturer | 4 | $70,741 | +16.4% | −8% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering | 2 | $90,000 | +13.0% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Mathematics | 2 | $75,000 | +73.1% | ||
| Data Analytics Analyst 2/Transportation Engineer | 2 | $103,000 | +16.3% | ||
| Post Doctoral Researcher | 2 | $65,000 | +15.3% | ||
| Research Associate | 2 | $55,000 | +26.1% | ||
| Research Scientist I | 2 | $96,053 | +6.1% | ||
| Assistant Coach, Tennis | 1 | $50,000 | +50.2% | ||
| Assistant Director | 1 | $62,810 | +29.5% | ||
| Assistant Director of Core Facilities | 1 | $101,200 | +19.2% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry | 1 | $66,000 | +35.1% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences | 1 | $61,000 | +13.7% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Communication | 1 | $64,000 | +61.7% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering | 1 | $100,000 | +25.6% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology | 1 | $68,000 | +58.5% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Practice in Data Analytics | 1 | $116,133 | +141.6% | ||
| Assistant Research Professor | 1 | $87,500 | +7.2% | ||
| Associate Professor | 1 | $118,766 | +88.2% | ||
| Clinical Psychologist | 1 | $72,540 | +11.5% | ||
| Data Analytics Analyst 2 | 1 | n/a | |||
| Extension Specialist I | 1 | $65,920 | +50.6% | ||
| Investment Operations Analyst | 1 | $120,000 | +81.3% | ||
| Lead XR Developer | 1 | $79,830 | at the minimum | ||
| Lecturer in Computer Science | 1 | $66,000 | +27.2% | ||
| Lecturer of Asian History | 1 | $45,000 | +0.9% | ||
| Lecturer of Chemistry | 1 | $61,270 | at the minimum | ||
| Lecturer of Economics | 1 | $77,000 | +13.5% | ||
| Post-Doctoral Research Assistant | 1 | $60,000 | +16.1% | ||
| Research Scienctist | 1 | $95,285 | at the minimum | ||
| Senior Lecturer | 1 | $59,652 | +33.8% | ||
| Student Success Coordinator | 1 | $70,000 | +7.1% | ||
| Visiting Lecturer | 1 | $100,000 | +39.9% | ||
| Web Application Developer - Front End | 1 | $87,125 | +15.9% | ||
| Women's Tennis Program Business Specialist | 1 | $95,000 | +35.7% | ||
| WordPress Developer | 1 | $75,000 | +42.5% | ||
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Knoxville, TN | 127 | $92,500 |
| Chattanooga, TN | 13 | $75,000 |
| Nashville, TN | 5 | $72,209 |
| Martin, TN | 4 | $62,000 |
| Batavia, IL | 1 | $77,126 |
| Knoxvilee, TN | 1 | $79,830 |
| Princeton, NJ | 1 | $107,106 |
| Pulaski, TN | 1 | $61,000 |
| Tullahoma, TN | 1 | $117,000 |
By visa type: 154 H-1B. By outcome: 135 certified, 18 certified and later withdrawn, 1 withdrawn before a decision.
Filings by quarter
Across all employers, filings bunch up in the first half of each year around the annual H-1B lottery, so compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, not with the one before it.
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages The University of Tennessee attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
- 2 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year) so they can be compared.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.
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