Postdoctoral Appointee, H-1B salary
What 326 H-1B filings report for “Postdoctoral Appointee” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Postdoctoral Appointee?
$70k median H-1B base salary for a Postdoctoral Appointee, typically $61k to $86k, across 326 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026).
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1Illinois289$69k−$1k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $70kfor 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 Postdoctoral Appointee?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Postdoctoral Appointee roles are Argonne National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and Indiana University, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Postdoctoral Appointee filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Argonne National Laboratory289 filings$69k
- 2Sandia National Laboratories26 filings$86k
- 3Indiana University7 filings$54k
- 4Rowan University4 filings$50k
Related titles in this family
535 filings carry “Postdoctoral Appointee” in the title, across 127 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Postdoctoral Appointee (Mechanical Engineering)10 filings$91k
- 2Postdoctoral Appointee (Nanophotonics)10 filings$90k
- 3Postdoctoral Appointee - Combustion Research7 filings$99k
- 4Postdoctoral Appointee (Combustion Chemistry)6 filings$88k
- 5Postdoctoral Appointee (Engine Combustion Research)5 filings$86k
- 6Postdoctoral Appointee (Reacting Flow Research)4 filings$88k
- 7Jbei Postdoctoral Appointee (Biochemical Engineering)3 filings$77k
- 8Postdoctoral Appointee - Applied Mathematics3 filings$99k
- 9Postdoctoral Appointee-Bayesian Inference & Machine Learning3 filings$90k
- 10Postdoctoral Appointee (Biochemical Engineering)3 filings$86k
- 11Postdoctoral Appointee (Chemical Engineering)3 filings$99k
- 12Postdoctoral Appointee - Combustion Engineering3 filings$110k
Figures are for the exact title “Postdoctoral Appointee”; 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.