Postdoctoral Fellow, H-1B salary
What 10,528 H-1B filings report for “Postdoctoral Fellow” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Postdoctoral Fellow?
$56k median H-1B base salary for a Postdoctoral Fellow, typically $47k to $72k, across 10,528 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in California at $63k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California663$63k+$7k
- 2New York1,276$62k+$6k
- 3Alaska86$62k+$6k
- 4Massachusetts659$61k+$5k
- 5New Jersey48$59k+$3k
- 6Florida112$58k+$2k
- 7District of Columbia108$58k+$2k
- 8Maryland705$57k+$1k
- 9Arizona41$57k+$1k
- 10Pennsylvania300$56ksame
- 11Connecticut165$56ksame
- 12North Carolina45$56ksame
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $56kfor 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 Fellow?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Postdoctoral Fellow roles are Emory University, Northwestern University, Harvard University, The University of Texas at Austin, and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Postdoctoral Fellow filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Emory University550 filings$55k
- 2Northwestern University542 filings$53k
- 3Harvard University481 filings$62k
- 4The University of Texas at Austin422 filings$57k
- 5The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center384 filings$56k
- 6NYU Langone Health361 filings$70k
- 7University of Maryland Baltimore350 filings$55k
- 8Indiana University336 filings$57k
- 9Mount Sinai Health System332 filings$60k
- 10Johns Hopkins University275 filings$60k
- 11Georgia Tech268 filings$57k
- 12University of Missouri266 filings$49k
- 13New York University199 filings$54k
- 14City of Hope187 filings$63k
- 15University of Houston162 filings$52k
- 16Auburn University155 filings$53k
- 17Augusta University154 filings$49k
- 18Salk Institute for Biological Studies145 filings$64k
- 19The Methodist Hospital Research Institute144 filings$54k
- 20Colorado State University143 filings$55k
- 21Clemson University141 filings$56k
- 22University of Connecticut Health Center138 filings$55k
- 23Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory136 filings$56k
- 24Tulane University136 filings$56k
- 25University of Arkansas131 filings$51k
- 26Indiana Univ. Purdue Univ. Indianapolis126 filings$48k
- 27University of Alabama at Birmingham126 filings$52k
- 28University of Utah116 filings$51k
- 29The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia103 filings$54k
- 30Georgetown University102 filings$58k
- 31University of South Carolina99 filings$42k
- 32University of Alaska96 filings$62k
- 33University of Colorado Denver90 filings$53k
- 34Wayne State University86 filings$52k
- 35The University of Tennessee Health Science Center81 filings$48k
- 36University of Cincinnati78 filings$52k
- 37Carnegie Mellon University76 filings$63k
- 38Moffitt Cancer Center76 filings$58k
- 39LSU Health Sciences Center75 filings$55k
- 40Medical College of Wisconsin74 filings$54k
- 41Virginia Commonwealth University74 filings$55k
- 42University of Colorado66 filings$49k
- 43University of Kansas60 filings$53k
- 44University of Texas at San Antonio60 filings$55k
- 45University of Texas Medical Branch59 filings$55k
- 46Albert Einstein College of Medicine56 filings$68k
- 47University Corporation for Atmospheric Research55 filings$65k
- 48Regeneron54 filings$70k
- 49University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio51 filings$47k
- 50Wistar Institute46 filings$55k
Related titles in this family
10,178 filings carry “Postdoctoral Fellow” in the title, across 312 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Postdoctoral Fellow Research Associate281 filings$56k
- 2Research Postdoctoral Fellow120 filings$58k
- 3Associate Scientist, Postdoctoral Fellow51 filings$61k
- 4University Postdoctoral Fellow46 filings$48k
- 5Postdoctoral Fellow I45 filings$69k
- 6Postdoctoral Fellow 133 filings$47k
- 7Postdoctoral Fellow Research33 filings$55k
- 8Postdoctoral Fellow II30 filings$60k
- 9Director'S Postdoctoral Fellow28 filings$100k
- 10Postdoctoral Fellow 222 filings$48k
- 11Postdoctoral Fellow/Trainee17 filings$57k
- 12Computational Postdoctoral Fellow13 filings$76k
Figures are for the exact title “Postdoctoral 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.