Middle School Teacher H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education (SOC 25-2022).

Employers filed 161 wage applications for Middle School Teacher jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 58 employers. The median offered wage was $60,000, 6.6% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Savannah Chatham County Public School System filed the most (43, median $68,913).

Filings
161
Positions covered
201
Employers
58
Median offered
$60,000
Median prevailing wage
$55,480
Filings since FY2020
783
Median offer change since FY2020
+5%
Middle School Teacher, all employers161 filings, July 2025 to June 2026
$60,000Median wage employers told the government they would pay
$54,386 to $69,444Where the middle half of the filings fall
$55,480Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Middle School Teacher jobs rose 5%, from $55,098 in fiscal 2020 to $57,910 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 5.0% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 152 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

$40k$60k$80k$55k$54k$54k$56k$59k$59k$58k66202065202111320221322023128202415220251272026*

Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.

Middle School Teacher by fiscal year

Fiscal yearFilingsMedian offeredvs year beforeMedian prevailingvs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)127$57,910−2.3%$55,480+5.0%
2025152$59,263+0.9%$53,747+5.6%
2024128$58,714+5.2%$52,540+6.1%
2023132$55,809+2.7%$51,627+5.0%
2022113$54,331+1.3%$51,054+1.9%
202165$53,655−2.6%$45,347+5.0%
202066$55,098n/a$51,840+5.8%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

EmployerFilingsMedian offeredOffered range and prevailing wagevs prevailing
Savannah Chatham County Public School System43$68,913+9.9%
Milwaukee Board of School Directors14$54,386+8.2%
Etoile Academy Inc6$61,500+12.2%
Portsmouth Public Schools5$53,210at the minimum
Mission Achievement and Success Charter School4$69,580at the minimum
Dougherty County School System4$60,316+9.2%
Energized for Excellence Academy, Inc.4$61,500+12.2%
North Slope Borough School District4$64,723at the minimum
La Scuola International School3$75,000+0.6%
Henderson Collegiate, Inc.3$36,400at the minimum
Excelsior Classical Academy: A Challenge Foundation Academy Inc.3$46,000+2.1%
Energized for STEM Academy, Inc.3$60,000+9.5%
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools3$42,130at the minimum
Jemez Mountain Public Schools3$72,000+3.5%
Reaching All Minds Academy3$60,000+7.6%
Victory Charter School Tampa 6-122$55,890at the minimum
Excel Education LLC2$65,280at the minimum
CDF Celebration LLC2$414,410+748.9%
Austin Independent School District2$58,069+11.2%
Dougherty County School District2$53,095at the minimum
Hope Chinese Charter School2$87,936+11.3%
Clarke County Board of Education (School District)2$62,574+1.9%
Rantoul City Schools 1372$56,250at the minimum
Brooks County School District1$47,800at the minimum
Jersey City Global Charter School1$63,490at the minimum

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 58. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Middle School Teacher jobs are filed

WorksiteFilingsMedian offeredOffered range and prevailing wagevs prevailing
Savannah, GA43$68,913+9.9%
Milwaukee, WI14$54,386+8.2%
Houston, TX13$61,500+12.2%
Albany, GA6$57,703+5.7%
Durham, NC6$53,000+4.8%
Portsmouth, VA5$53,210at the minimum
Albuquerque, NM4$69,580at the minimum
Counselor, NM3$72,000+3.5%
Henderson, NC3$36,400at the minimum
Pontoon Beach, IL3$45,000+0.2%
San Francisco, CA3$75,000+0.6%
Wainwright, AK3$64,723at the minimum
Winston-Salem, NC3$42,130at the minimum
Athens, GA2$62,574+1.9%
Austin, TX2$58,069+11.2%
Beaverton, OR2$87,936+11.3%
Celebration, FL2$414,410+748.9%
Newark, NJ2$63,490at the minimum
Rantoul, IL2$56,250at the minimum
Riverview, FL2$55,890at the minimum
Salt Lake City, UT2$59,780+0.4%
Ashland, MT1$41,615at the minimum
Aspen, CO1$69,779+43.1%
Basalt, CO1$71,625+32.6%
Brooklyn, NY1$70,000+6.8%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry45%
Level II, qualified26%
Level III, experienced14%
Level IV, fully competent15%

The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.

What these numbers are

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.

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