Instructor salary at Columbia University

Based on 18 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $119,000. That is 57% above the $76,000 median across all employers filing this title.

Median

$119,000

25th pct

$98,348

75th pct

$133,595

90th pct

$168,380

Filings

$94,945$186,466

How Columbia University compares

Other employers filing Instructor

Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	46	$62,837	-47%
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	42	$75,500	-37%
Washington University	36	$80,175	-33%
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	32	$90,500	-24%
UT Southwestern Medical Center	31	$74,900	-37%
Baylor College of Medicine	25	$78,000	-34%
Columbia University	18	$119,000	—
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	17	$90,000	-24%
MAHARISHI International UNIVERSITY	16	$64,517	-46%
University of Mississippi Medical Center	12	$72,034	-39%
Johns Hopkins University	11	$87,550	-26%
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	11	$75,000	-37%
University of Nebraska Medical Center	11	$63,000	-47%
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	10	$76,000	-36%
University of Illinois	9	$57,000	-52%
Harvard University	8	$127,500	+7%
Weill Cornell Medical College	8	$90,320	-24%
The University of Alabama at Birmingham	8	$78,233	-34%
Emory University	7	$80,000	-33%
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	7	$75,000	-37%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	7	$52,000	-56%
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	6	$69,479	-42%
University of Connecticut Health Center	6	$68,000	-43%
Duke University	6	$59,655	-50%
Syracuse University	5	$106,392	-11%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
New York, NY	$97,793	$74,714	II	H-1B	Sep 26, 2025
New York, NY	$240,000	$127,982	II	H-1B	Sep 18, 2025
New York, NY	$125,000	$66,498	I	H-1B	Sep 17, 2025
New York, NY	$97,793	$73,195	I	H-1B	Sep 10, 2025
New York, NY	$125,000	$67,746	I	H-1B	Sep 10, 2025
New York, NY	$97,797	$83,034	II	H-1B	Jul 31, 2025
New York, NY	$94,945	$83,034	II	H-1B	Jul 24, 2025
New York, NY	$109,800	$70,325	I	H-1B	Jul 8, 2025
New York, NY	$119,000	$112,050	II	H-1B	May 27, 2025
New York, NY	$97,793	$66,602	I	H-1B	May 14, 2025
New York, NY	$125,000	$69,888	II	H-1B	May 13, 2025
New York, NY	$136,460	$120,224	II	H-1B	May 9, 2025
New York, NY	$119,000	$112,050	II	H-1B	May 6, 2025
New York, NY	$136,460	$120,224	II	H-1B	May 2, 2025
New York, NY	$234,600	$83,574	II	H-1B	Apr 2, 2025
New York, NY	$140,000	$68,650	I	H-1B	Feb 13, 2025
New York, NY	$112,500	$66,498	I	H-1B	Dec 20, 2024
New York, NY	$100,000	$78,624	II	H-1B	Nov 5, 2024

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