Postdoctoral Associate, H-1B salary
What 8,516 H-1B filings report for “Postdoctoral Associate” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Postdoctoral Associate?
$58k median H-1B base salary for a Postdoctoral Associate, typically $48k to $73k, across 8,516 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in District of Columbia at $69k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1District of Columbia45$69k+$11k
- 2Maryland499$65k+$7k
- 3California300$64k+$6k
- 4Texas67$61k+$3k
- 5Maine26$61k+$3k
- 6New York1,943$60k+$2k
- 7Massachusetts1,474$60k+$2k
- 8Illinois36$59k+$1k
- 9Georgia22$59k+$1k
- 10New Jersey355$58ksame
- 11Virginia210$57k−$1k
- 12Colorado55$57k−$1k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $58kfor 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 Associate?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Postdoctoral Associate roles are Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pittsburgh, Yale University, Duke University, and Cornell University, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Postdoctoral Associate filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Massachusetts Institute of Technology718 filings$63k
- 2University of Pittsburgh716 filings$55k
- 3Yale University624 filings$55k
- 4Duke University558 filings$56k
- 5Cornell University525 filings$58k
- 6University of Minnesota505 filings$53k
- 7University of Maryland488 filings$65k
- 8Weill Cornell Medical College452 filings$64k
- 9Rutgers University353 filings$58k
- 10New York University335 filings$65k
- 11Research Foundation for SUNY317 filings$55k
- 12University of Massachusetts Medical School275 filings$55k
- 13University of Florida217 filings$56k
- 14Boston University199 filings$60k
- 15University of Miami175 filings$54k
- 16Scripps Research160 filings$63k
- 17Virginia Tech160 filings$57k
- 18Howard Hughes146 filings$78k
- 19Broad Institute137 filings$64k
- 20The Rockefeller University118 filings$63k
- 21Mississippi State University115 filings$53k
- 22Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute108 filings$61k
- 23Brandeis University106 filings$56k
- 24University of Rochester90 filings$55k
- 25Florida International University79 filings$55k
- 26University of Vermont76 filings$55k
- 27The Jackson Laboratory71 filings$61k
- 28Institute for Cancer Research58 filings$55k
- 29University of Colorado52 filings$56k
- 30University of Louisville52 filings$48k
- 31Rice University51 filings$61k
- 32Carnegie Mellon University46 filings$62k
- 33Donald Danforth Plant Science Center31 filings$48k
- 34Georgetown University30 filings$72k
- 35University of Arkansas26 filings$46k
- 36University of Wyoming26 filings$50k
- 37University at Buffalo22 filings$48k
- 38Virginia Commonwealth University21 filings$52k
- 39Lurie Children's Hospital20 filings$56k
- 40Georgia State University18 filings$59k
- 41George Washington University16 filings$67k
- 42Stony Brook University15 filings$48k
- 43University of Central Florida12 filings$51k
- 44University of Toledo11 filings$55k
- 45University at Albany11 filings$45k
- 46Whitehead Institute10 filings$75k
- 47Binghamton University9 filings$50k
- 48Tufts University9 filings$53k
- 49Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research7 filings$58k
- 50The Research Foundation for SUNY at Binghamton University6 filings$61k
Related titles in this family
8,210 filings carry “Postdoctoral Associate” in the title, across 149 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Postdoctoral Associate/Fellow675 filings$55k
- 2Senior Postdoctoral Associate70 filings$62k
- 3Adjunct Clinical Postdoctoral Associate42 filings$74k
- 4Sr. Postdoctoral Associate16 filings$63k
- 5Postdoctoral Associate in Neuroscience13 filings$54k
- 6Postdoctoral Associate (Photonics Engineer)12 filings$72k
- 7Postdoctoral Associate (Biochemistry)11 filings$60k
- 8Postdoctoral Associate I11 filings$57k
- 9Postdoctoral Associate/Lecturer10 filings$67k
- 10Postdoctoral Associate (Electrical Engineering)10 filings$70k
- 11International Postdoctoral Associate8 filings$53k
- 12Postdoctoral Associate, Aerospace Engineering8 filings$65k
Figures are for the exact title “Postdoctoral Associate”; 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.