Entry-level Medical School Professor salary in St. Louis, MO

Based on 22 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes St Louis, Alton, Saint Louis, St Louis,, Hazelwood.

Also listed as: Health Sciences Professor, Assistant Professor

Median salary$131,000
Middle 50%$89.2k–$298.5k
vs. all levels here−45%comparison median $240,000
Filings22FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $79,454 and $472,884.
PercentileSalary
10th$83,212
25th$89,165
50th (median)$131,000
75th$298,543
90th$298,543

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $135k $210k FY2022: median $70,465 (13 filings) FY2023: median $75,284 (10 filings) FY2024: median $89,228 (14 filings) FY2025: median $200,000 (17 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 7 filings FY20 FY2021: 9 filings FY21 FY2022: 13 filings FY22 FY2023: 10 filings FY23 FY2024: 14 filings FY24 FY2025: 17 filings FY25 FY2026: 5 filings FY26 17
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$70,465$70,000$77,26713
FY2023$75,284$74,360$78,36910
FY2024$89,228$83,771$96,42514
FY2025$200,000$89,165$298,54317
FY2026–––5

Cost of living

St. Louis's median entry-level Medical School Professor salary of $131,000 is worth about $137,800 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; St. Louis = 95.1).

Compared with all workers here

All Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary in the St. Louis, MO area earned a median of $131,560 in May 2025. The H-1B median here is $131,000, 0% lower.

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

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Washington University$150,16016
Saint Louis Universitytoo few3
SSM Health Care Grouptoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $131,000 22
Mid-level · Level II $240,000 61
Senior · Level III $227,736 16
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
Entry-level · Level I$73,630$131,00022
Mid-level · Level II$103,840$240,00061
Senior · Level III$134,050$227,73616

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.