Business Professor salary in San Jose, CA

Based on 23 certified H-1B filings in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Santa Clara, Stanford.

Also listed as: Assistant Professor of Finance, Assistant Professor of Marketing

Median salary$187,385
Middle 50%$142.9k–$196.8k
vs. national median+34%comparison median $140,244
Filings23FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $134,726 and $364,650.
PercentileSalary
10th$137,203
25th$142,890
50th (median)$187,385
75th$196,752
90th$286,331

Salary by year

Median salary

$130k $165k $200k FY2022: median $154,024 (11 filings) FY2023: median $167,500 (14 filings) FY2026: median $186,741 (14 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 7 filings FY20 FY2021: 9 filings FY21 FY2022: 11 filings FY22 FY2023: 14 filings FY23 FY2024: 9 filings FY24 FY2025: 9 filings FY25 FY2026: 14 filings FY26 14
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––7
FY2021–––9
FY2022$154,024$124,992$166,40011
FY2023$167,500$134,577$177,08514
FY2024–––9
FY2025–––9
FY2026$186,741$142,557$196,92114

Cost of living

San Jose's median Business Professor salary of $187,385 is worth about $169,700 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; San Jose = 110.4).

Compared with all workers here

All Business Teachers, Postsecondary in the San Jose, CA area earned a median of $160,090 in May 2025 (830 employed). The H-1B median here is $187,385, 17% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
President and Board of Trustees of Santa Clara College$187,38511
San Jose State Universitytoo few8
The Leland Stanford, Jr Universitytoo few4

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II $196,220 11
Senior · Level III too few 2
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Mid-level · Level II$99,233$196,22011

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.