THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE made 107 filings covering 107 positions in this release. Across them it committed to pay at least a median of $83,000 a year. 96 of those 107 state a minimum and no maximum, which is what an employer is required to file — it is the floor it is bound to, not a salary offered.
Green-card sponsorship
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE filed 6 permanent labour certifications between 2025-12-08 and 2026-06-03, of which 6 were certified. That is the step an employment-based green card starts with, so this employer does sponsor them.
What it filed, by role and place
| Occupation | Where | Level | Wage year | Filings | Positions | Median | Prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 7 | 7 | $110,962 | $91,170 |
| Economics Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 5 | 5 | $97,129 | $71,460 |
| Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 4 | 4 | $58,164 | $44,590 |
| Materials Scientists | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 4 | 4 | $72,828 | $51,750 |
| Physicists | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 4 | 4 | $77,894 | $67,018 |
| Communications Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $80,000 | $47,420 |
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $89,152 | $61,090 |
| Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $96,000 | $79,677 |
| Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $71,000 | $59,710 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $68,837 | $53,269 |
| Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $94,257 | $94,257 |
| Civil Engineers | Knoxville, TN | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $103,000 | $88,546 |
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Chattanooga, TN-GA | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $83,000 | $51,900 |
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $125,192 | $117,327 |
| Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $87,500 | $63,030 |
| Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $75,385 | $49,470 |
| Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary | West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $62,000 | $43,120 |
| Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $94,000 | $73,380 |
| Soil and Plant Scientists | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $50,190 | $50,190 |
| Soil and Plant Scientists | Knoxville, TN | Level III | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $102,000 | $57,782 |
| Animal Scientists | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $60,000 | $49,774 |
| Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $64,813 | $64,813 |
| Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $95,000 | $88,523 |
| Business Operations Specialists, All Other | Knoxville, TN | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $95,000 | $69,992 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | Chattanooga, TN-GA | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $116,133 | $48,060 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $105,678 | $69,050 |
| Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary | Chattanooga, TN-GA | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $66,000 | $48,860 |
| Chemists | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $50,000 | $48,090 |
| Civil Engineers | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $70,656 | $66,331 |
| Civil Engineers | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $72,000 | $66,331 |
| Civil Engineers, R&D | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $72,000 | $66,331 |
| Civil Engineers, R&D | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $103,000 | $88,546 |
| Coaches and Scouts | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $50,000 | $33,300 |
| Communications Teachers, Postsecondary | Chattanooga, TN-GA | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $64,000 | $39,580 |
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $131,372 | $78,223 |
| Economics Teachers, Postsecondary | West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $77,000 | $67,830 |
| Education Administrators, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $70,000 | $65,333 |
| Education Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $87,000 | $54,200 |
| Education Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $90,640 | $66,840 |
| Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors | Knoxville, TN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $62,810 | $48,485 |
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | Chattanooga, TN-GA | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $90,000 | $79,640 |
| Environmental Economists | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $68,000 | $64,854 |
| Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $88,250 | $61,040 |
| Farm and Home Management Educators | Knoxville, TN | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $118,766 | $63,107 |
| Geographers | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $67,690 | $57,054 |
| Geographers | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $72,209 | $57,054 |
| Geography Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $84,210 | $49,390 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $122,241 | $30,460 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $135,000 | $56,030 |
| History Teachers, Postsecondary | Chattanooga, TN-GA | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $45,000 | $44,600 |
| Materials Scientists | Knoxville, TN | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $130,000 | $83,366 |
| Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Chattanooga, TN-GA | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $75,000 | $36,830 |
| Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Chattanooga, TN-GA | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $75,000 | $52,627 |
| Mechanical Engineers | Knoxville, TN | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $95,285 | $95,285 |
| Microbiologists | Knoxville, TN | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $101,200 | $84,885 |
| Physicists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $77,126 | $77,126 |
| Physicists | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $107,106 | $97,074 |
| Physics Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $104,222 | $101,873 |
| Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $59,950 | $59,950 |
| Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary | Chattanooga, TN-GA | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $68,000 | $42,890 |
| Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $66,500 | $64,030 |
| Software Developers | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $79,830 | $79,830 |
| Soil and Plant Scientists | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $107,792 | $61,568 |
| Web Developers | Knoxville, TN | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $87,125 | $75,150 |
| Anthropologists and Archeologists | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $55,000 | $44,762 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $169,068 | $66,740 |
| Chemists | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $65,004 | $51,355 |
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level II | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $135,000 | $77,320 |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | Knoxville, TN | Level II | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $120,000 | $66,206 |
| History Teachers, Postsecondary | Knoxville, TN | Level I | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $81,901 | $55,720 |
| Materials Scientists | Knoxville, TN | Level IV | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $110,000 | $109,013 |
A wage is shown against the prevailing wage for the library year the filing itself cites, not the year current today — measured against the wrong year, a correctly-filed wage reads as underpaid.
Where these workers are placed
Filings that name a secondary entity — a client site the worker works at rather than the employer's own premises.
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Tell me when this employer files again
One email when THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE appears in a new quarterly release, or files a permanent labour certification — which is the signal that it sponsors green cards.
Source: Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, US Department of Labor (public domain), and the OFLC prevailing wage library. Figures are what employers filed, not what they paid.