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Postdoctoral Research Fellow H-1B salaries

Employers filed 1,114 certified H-1B applications for Postdoctoral Research Fellow roles between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $63,625. The typical offer was 15% above the prevailing wage, the minimum the law sets for the job and place.

Median salary offered
$63,625
Middle half earn
$61,008 to $68,964
Top 10% earn over
$75,000
Certified filings
1,114

Every filing

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Pay by employer

University of Michigan507$62,232−2%$61,000 – $65,000
Johns Hopkins University200$65,276+3%$62,132 – $70,264
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston64$61,884−3%$60,474 – $67,824
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center48$77,976+23%$67,764 – $78,250
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center34$61,350−4%$58,649 – $63,000
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio29$61,008−4%$57,852 – $66,948
Harvard University28$73,814+16%$69,876 – $76,000
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.26$66,499+5%$61,464 – $71,140
George Mason University23$77,522+22%$70,530 – $85,240
North Dakota State University13$54,000−15%$53,100 – $57,000
The Trustees of Princeton University10$75,062+18%$70,920 – $80,894
Children's Hospital Los Angeles8$83,445+31%$78,186 – $85,155
HMH Hospitals Corporation7$65,749+3%$64,434 – $66,201
Tufts Medical Center, Inc.6$63,286−1%$61,149 – $68,750
Colorado Seminary6$55,245−13%$47,934 – $56,644
Boston College6$68,822+8%$67,886 – $70,826
Children's National Medical Center5$68,960+8%$60,923 – $69,189
University of Mississippi Medical Center5$61,008−4%$61,008 – $61,008
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Inc.5$64,605+2%$61,568 – $64,626
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home4$70,125+10%$67,109 – $73,880
University of Oklahoma4$53,406−16%$52,054 – $57,657
Wake Forest University4$53,310−16%$53,102 – $53,518
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania4$67,405+6%$66,810 – $68,072
Brigham and Women's Hospital3$71,406+12%$70,703 – $71,406
The College of William and Mary3$61,500−3%$61,500 – $62,750
Marquette University3$62,000−3%$62,000 – $63,500
Texas A&M University2$55,000−14%$52,500 – $57,500
The University of Toledo2$52,338−18%$52,236 – $52,440
University of Rhode Island2$58,618−8%$58,256 – $58,981
West Virginia University2$70,000+10%$70,000 – $70,000
New York Blood Center2$81,884+29%$81,884 – $81,884
Tufts University2$66,174+4%$63,747 – $68,600
University of North Carolina at Charlotte2$56,795−11%$56,795 – $56,795
San Diego State University2$65,004+2%$65,004 – $65,004
Kennedy Krieger Institute2$64,356+1%$64,356 – $64,356
University of Massachusetts Boston2$66,194+4%$66,096 – $66,292
LSU - Pennington Biomedical Research Center2$61,008−4%$61,008 – $61,008
Northeastern University2$82,965+30%$80,400 – $85,530
The ADA Forsyth Institute1$61,381−4%$61,381 – $61,381
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund1$68,964+8%$68,964 – $68,964
Beth Israel Deaconess MedicalCenter, Inc.1$75,564+19%$75,564 – $75,564
Carnegie Mellon University1$80,000+26%$80,000 – $80,000
Boise State University1$61,006−4%$61,006 – $61,006
Barnard College1$60,000−6%$60,000 – $60,000
Smithsonian Institution1$82,764+30%$82,764 – $82,764
National Jewish Health1$61,572−3%$61,572 – $61,572
Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center1$70,990+12%$70,990 – $70,990
Rochester Institute of Technology1$51,293−19%$51,293 – $51,293
Northeastern University – Boston Campus1$77,834+22%$77,834 – $77,834
Delaware State University1$62,000−3%$62,000 – $62,000

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.
Ann Arbor, MI484$62,232$61,008 – $65,530
Baltimore, MD192$65,743$62,132 – $70,344
Boston, MA66$70,000$65,527 – $74,824
Houston, TX64$61,884$60,474 – $67,824
Seattle, WA46$77,976$67,740 – $78,182
Oklahoma City, OK34$61,350$58,649 – $63,000
San Antonio, TX29$61,008$57,852 – $66,948
Fairfax, VA17$77,522$70,325 – $82,400
Fargo, ND12$53,926$52,825 – $56,250
Dearborn, MI12$61,029$60,756 – $62,424
Flint, MI11$57,977$57,318 – $59,000
Princeton, NJ10$75,062$70,920 – $80,894
Denver, CO8$55,245$51,313 – $56,659
Los Angeles, CA8$83,445$78,186 – $85,155
St. Petersburg, FL7$61,572$58,520 – $63,566
Washington, DC7$69,189$64,942 – $83,098
Philadelphia, PA6$66,810$63,580 – $67,702
Chestnut Hill, MA5$68,666$67,626 – $71,441
Tampa, FL5$64,605$61,568 – $64,626
Jackson, MS5$61,008$61,008 – $61,008

By experience level

Level I934$63,120
Level II62$69,264
Level III42$71,234
Level IV2$63,150

Levels I to IV are the Labor Department's experience bands, from entry level (I) to fully competent (IV).

By year

2023181$60,632
2024384$61,884
2025349$65,000
2026200$66,000

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