Fellow, H-1B salary
What 838 H-1B filings report for “Fellow” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Fellow?
$73k median H-1B base salary for a Fellow, typically $61k to $91k, across 838 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in Washington at $82k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1Washington46$82k+$9k
- 2Pennsylvania130$81k+$8k
- 3Massachusetts61$75k+$2k
- 4New York124$73ksame
- 5Texas121$73ksame
- 6North Carolina74$69k−$4k
- 7Virginia66$68k−$5k
- 8Alabama68$65k−$8k
- 9Florida20$62k−$11k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $73kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for a Fellow?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Fellow roles are The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Mount Sinai Health System, Duke University, and University of Virginia, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Fellow filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center94 filings$68k
- 2Thomas Jefferson University80 filings$83k
- 3Mount Sinai Health System80 filings$73k
- 4Duke University68 filings$69k
- 5University of Virginia61 filings$68k
- 6University of Alabama at Birmingham47 filings$65k
- 7University of Washington43 filings$80k
- 8University of Pennsylvania40 filings$85k
- 9Harvard University30 filings$70k
- 10The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston23 filings$84k
- 11University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, PC19 filings$65k
- 12Tufts Medical Center16 filings$73k
- 13University of Colorado Denver13 filings$70k
- 14Westchester Medical Center12 filings$71k
- 15Saint Louis University11 filings$60k
- 16Emory University10 filings$63k
- 17University of Florida9 filings$61k
- 18Weill Cornell Medical College9 filings$67k
- 19University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center8 filings$64k
- 20University of Massachusetts Medical School7 filings$93k
- 21McKinsey7 filings$91k
- 22University of South Florida7 filings$77k
- 23Wake Forest University6 filings$76k
- 24Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center5 filings$100k
- 25Northwell Health5 filings$82k
- 26Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education5 filings$60k
- 27Georgetown University4 filings$71k
- 28Carnegie Endowment for International Peace4 filings$121k
- 29DAS Group4 filings$61k
- 30AdventHealth4 filings$67k
- 31Gates Foundation3 filings$110k
- 32University of Nebraska3 filings$72k
- 33Cedars-Sinai3 filings$97k
- 34Henry Ford Health System3 filings$74k
- 35UT Southwestern Medical Center3 filings$76k
- 36University of Nebraska Medical Center3 filings$56k
- 37Children's National Medical Center3 filings$83k
- 38LSU Health Sciences Center3 filings$69k
- 39McLaren Health Care3 filings$66k
- 40Novartis3 filings$89k
- 41East-West Center3 filings$68k
- 42Skyworks Solutions2 filings$113k
- 43Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center2 filings$86k
- 44Beth Israel Medical Center2 filings$72k
- 45Eastern Virginia Medical School2 filings$60k
- 46Flux Therapeutics Inc2 filings$71k
- 47Howard Hughes2 filings$86k
- 48Inphynet Contracting Services2 filings$69k
- 49Lehigh Valley Health Network2 filings$91k
- 50Bon Secours Mercy Health2 filings$80k
Related titles in this family
38,159 filings carry “Fellow” in the title, across 3,540 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Postdoctoral Fellow10,528 filings$56k
- 2Research Fellow7,311 filings$63k
- 3Postdoctoral Research Fellow4,176 filings$57k
- 4Clinical Fellow1,901 filings$85k
- 5Postdoctoral Associate/Fellow675 filings$55k
- 6House Staff, Fellow426 filings$87k
- 7Fellow Physician316 filings$69k
- 8Medical Fellow316 filings$66k
- 9Resident/Fellow305 filings$84k
- 10Postdoctoral Fellow Research Associate281 filings$56k
- 11House Staff Fellow Physician253 filings$71k
- 12Medical Resident/Fellow197 filings$54k
Figures are for the exact title “Fellow”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.