DOL Verified Employer

The Trustees of Princeton University Salary Data

Government-verified salary data from 1,981 US Department of Labor filings.

Median Salary
$65,000
1,981 DOL filings
NJ Approval Rate 87.1% · most recent FY 2025
Median Salary
$65,000
Certified filings
DOL Filings
1,981
Certified: 1,725
Unique Job Titles
182
SOC occupations
Approval Rate
87.1%
Certified vs filed

Salary Range

Based on 1,981 certified filings
DOL-Filed Salary Range
$34,600$52,704$65,000$82,800$300,000
Prevailing Wage Premium - a TruthWage exclusive
+34.9%

The Trustees of Princeton University pays 34.9% above the DOL minimum wage floor for its filed positions.

The prevailing wage is the minimum salary DOL sets as the floor for this occupation and location. A positive premium means the employer pays above that floor. Source: DOL LCA filings.

Salary Trend

FY2012 - FY2025

Salaries by Job Title

50 occupations with DOL-filed salary data
Job TitleFilingsMedian Salaryvs MarketSalary Range
Physicists 122 $71,000 -57.3%
$57,300$57,300$71,000$75,000$75,000
Biological Scientists, All Other 118 $47,700 -48.9%
$40,706$40,706$47,700$50,398$50,398
19-2012.00 92 $75,500 N/A
$67,600$67,600$75,500$100,000$100,000
Chemists 62 $47,500 -43.6%
$39,300$39,300$47,500$48,500$48,500
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 60 $85,600 +7.9%
$74,200$74,200$85,600$93,800$93,800
17-2144 59 $50,898 N/A
$42,000$42,000$50,898$56,900$56,900
19-1042.00 57 $62,088 N/A
$56,900$56,900$62,088$67,548$67,548
19-2031.00 55 $65,000 N/A
$52,704$52,704$65,000$65,000$65,000
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 54 $62,400 -19%
$56,400$56,400$62,400$71,800$71,800
17-2074 38 $48,800 N/A
$46,000$46,000$48,800$52,300$52,300
Atmospheric and Space Scientists 37 $55,000 -43.6%
$55,000$55,000$55,000$65,000$65,000
17-2144.00 34 $62,856 N/A
$53,000$53,000$62,856$81,405$81,405
19-3011.00 34 $60,000 N/A
$54,725$54,725$60,000$62,000$62,000
Social Science Research Assistants 34 $44,000 -24.2%
$40,000$40,000$44,000$50,000$50,000
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other 33 $49,500 -50.7%
$46,000$46,000$49,500$56,500$56,500
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 33 $132,800 +10.7%
$99,000$99,000$132,800$145,800$145,800
25-1124.00 30 $73,390 N/A
$70,300$70,300$73,390$80,307$80,307
15-1111 29 $71,800 N/A
$66,700$66,700$71,800$96,000$96,000
17-2081.00 28 $65,000 N/A
$55,000$55,000$65,000$68,000$68,000
Biochemists and Biophysicists 28 $47,500 -54.2%
$47,500$47,500$47,500$51,400$51,400
19-4061.00 28 $54,000 N/A
$51,700$51,700$54,000$57,000$57,000
25-1022.00 28 $119,293 N/A
$104,500$104,500$119,293$137,300$137,300
17-2074.00 25 $65,000 N/A
$53,700$53,700$65,000$69,100$69,100
Economists 23 $61,850 -46.4%
$55,000$55,000$61,850$96,000$96,000
15-1221.00 22 $126,055 N/A
$86,403$86,403$126,055$142,994$142,994
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 22 $54,200 -45.4%
$52,000$52,000$54,200$61,900$61,900
19-4021.00 22 $50,000 N/A
$45,000$45,000$50,000$54,000$54,000
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 21 $50,400 -49.9%
$48,500$48,500$50,400$56,700$56,700
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 21 $107,100 +0.9%
$100,000$100,000$107,100$112,300$112,300
History Teachers, Postsecondary 20 $85,550 +5%
$78,500$78,500$85,550$87,600$87,600
Chemical Engineers 19 $38,500 -68.4%
$37,800$37,800$38,500$43,000$43,000
Operations Research Analysts 18 $51,000 -44.1%
$50,000$50,000$51,000$54,000$54,000
19-1021.00 17 $65,000 N/A
$63,541$63,541$65,000$67,800$67,800
19-2021.00 17 $62,000 N/A
$62,000$62,000$62,000$67,000$67,000
25-1063.00 17 $180,000 N/A
$168,900$168,900$180,000$227,700$227,700
15-2021.00 16 $65,000 N/A
$57,000$57,000$65,000$70,000$70,000
Mathematicians 15 $52,726 -56.7%
$48,700$48,700$52,726$60,000$60,000
17-2041.00 15 $65,000 N/A
$60,280$60,280$65,000$68,291$68,291
19-2043.00 15 $68,000 N/A
$62,000$62,000$68,000$72,000$72,000
25-1032.00 15 $134,000 N/A
$132,000$132,000$134,000$137,300$137,300
15-1111.00 14 $68,000 N/A
$61,200$61,200$68,000$72,500$72,500
17-2053 14 $51,000 N/A
$45,000$45,000$51,000$54,300$54,300
19-2041.00 14 $66,000 N/A
$65,000$65,000$66,000$67,000$67,000
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 14 $105,500 +9.1%
$85,000$85,000$105,500$148,600$148,600
17-2053.00 13 $61,800 N/A
$53,076$53,076$61,800$65,000$65,000
19-3094.00 13 $70,000 N/A
$64,500$64,500$70,000$84,000$84,000
Hydrologists 12 $57,000 -38.1%
$52,000$52,000$57,000$59,500$59,500
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 12 $77,500 -8.1%
$67,800$67,800$77,500$84,500$84,500
19-2011.00 11 $79,000 N/A
$70,000$70,000$79,000$85,000$85,000
Sociologists 11 $54,000 -46.9%
$50,000$50,000$54,000$58,000$58,000

Wage Level Distribution

What does this mean?
The Trustees of Princeton University files more than half of its positions at the DOL minimum wage level (Level I). This may indicate systematic use of minimum-permitted wages for sponsored workers.

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Source: US Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) public disclosure files (PERM Form ETA-9089 and LCA Form ETA-9035), and US Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Salary figures represent employer filings and government survey estimates, not individual worker pay.

Data covers DOL filings from 2011 to 2025.