Assistant Professor salary at Northwestern University

Based on 22 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $145,000. That is 32% above the $109,789 median across all employers filing this title.

Median

$145,000

25th pct

$135,000

75th pct

$223,690

90th pct

$266,194

Filings

$90,000$277,121

How Northwestern University compares

Other employers filing Assistant Professor

Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
The University of Alabama at Birmingham	115	$130,000	-10%
Purdue University	104	$109,864	-24%
Texas A&M University	96	$99,606	-31%
Emory University	87	$230,000	+59%
University of Minnesota	86	$100,778	-30%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	83	$142,332	-2%
University of Wisconsin System	82	$116,344	-20%
Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.	79	$252,691	+74%
University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, PC	73	$228,094	+57%
The Pennsylvania State University	73	$102,940	-29%
Indiana University	69	$95,000	-34%
Washington University	67	$130,000	-10%
University of Michigan	66	$119,000	-18%
The Florida State University	66	$102,158	-30%
Johns Hopkins University	65	$153,000	+6%
Columbia University	64	$152,466	+5%
Yale University	63	$148,100	+2%
The University of Texas at Austin	62	$124,500	-14%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	62	$75,000	-48%
University of Washington	60	$117,900	-19%
University of Illinois	59	$112,000	-23%
North Carolina State University	57	$107,770	-26%
University of Florida	57	$100,000	-31%
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	56	$124,402	-14%
The University of Tennessee	56	$105,500	-27%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
Evanston, IL	$188,238	$73,760	I	H-1B	Sep 24, 2025
Chicago, IL	$140,000	$80,392	II	H-1B	Aug 19, 2025
Chicago, IL	$135,000	$47,507	I	H-1B	Aug 12, 2025
Chicago, IL	$180,000	$67,725	I	H-1B	Jul 28, 2025
Evanston, IL	$138,000	$52,480	I	H-1B	Jul 3, 2025
Evanston, IL	$140,000	$80,650	I	H-1B	Jun 25, 2025
Evanston, IL	$221,000	$46,840	I	H-1B	May 9, 2025
Chicago, IL	$110,000	$69,888	II	H-1B	May 7, 2025
Evanston, IL	$115,000	$74,813	II	H-1B	May 2, 2025
Evanston, IL	$224,587	$46,840	I	H-1B	Apr 28, 2025
Evanston, IL	$266,438	$73,760	I	H-1B	Apr 21, 2025
Evanston, IL	$266,438	$73,760	I	H-1B	Apr 14, 2025
Evanston, IL	$133,000	$45,930	I	H-1B	Apr 10, 2025
Evanston, IL	$97,000	$43,540	I	H-1B	Apr 9, 2025
Evanston, IL	$224,952	$46,840	I	H-1B	Apr 7, 2025
Evanston, IL	$90,000	$58,190	I	H-1B	Apr 4, 2025
Chicago, IL	$150,000	$72,301	II	H-1B	Apr 4, 2025
Evanston, IL	$204,681	$46,840	I	H-1B	Apr 1, 2025
Evanston, IL	$139,000	$108,853	II	H-1B	Mar 27, 2025
Evanston, IL	$264,000	$46,840	I	H-1B	Mar 7, 2025
Evanston, IL	$277,121	$46,840	I	H-1B	Feb 19, 2025
Evanston, IL	$135,000	$60,770	I	H-1B	Dec 23, 2024

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