Postdoctoral Research Associate, H-1B salary
What 9,105 H-1B filings report for “Postdoctoral Research Associate” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Postdoctoral Research Associate?
$55k median H-1B base salary for a Postdoctoral Research Associate, typically $47k to $72k, across 9,105 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in New Mexico at $88k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1New Mexico468$88k+$33k
- 2Maryland70$67k+$12k
- 3New Jersey787$62k+$7k
- 4California59$60k+$5k
- 5Connecticut329$58k+$3k
- 6Utah187$57k+$2k
- 7Wisconsin30$57k+$2k
- 8Pennsylvania224$56k+$1k
- 9Missouri592$56k+$1k
- 10Tennessee966$55ksame
- 11Indiana513$55ksame
- 12Massachusetts284$55ksame
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $55kfor 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 Research Associate?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Postdoctoral Research Associate roles are Princeton University, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Washington University, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Texas A&M University, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Postdoctoral Research Associate filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Princeton University754 filings$65k
- 2St. Jude Children's Research Hospital711 filings$55k
- 3Washington University526 filings$56k
- 4Los Alamos National Laboratory471 filings$89k
- 5Texas A&M University469 filings$50k
- 6Purdue University427 filings$54k
- 7University of Illinois390 filings$54k
- 8Iowa State University344 filings$54k
- 9University of Connecticut334 filings$58k
- 10University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill314 filings$55k
- 11Texas A&M AgriLife299 filings$50k
- 12University of Georgia280 filings$52k
- 13Rice University219 filings$53k
- 14University of Tennessee213 filings$55k
- 15University of Nebraska202 filings$50k
- 16Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute187 filings$51k
- 17University of Utah184 filings$57k
- 18Carnegie Mellon University164 filings$57k
- 19University of Oklahoma160 filings$50k
- 20University of Illinois at Chicago135 filings$54k
- 21Northeastern University109 filings$56k
- 22Texas Tech University108 filings$51k
- 23University of Nebraska Medical Center105 filings$49k
- 24Washington State University104 filings$54k
- 25Florida State University93 filings$50k
- 26Georgia State University88 filings$52k
- 27University of Notre Dame86 filings$57k
- 28Arizona State University73 filings$50k
- 29University of Massachusetts Medical School73 filings$49k
- 30Stowers Institute for Medical Research52 filings$60k
- 31University of Massachusetts Amherst52 filings$59k
- 32University of Mississippi51 filings$49k
- 33Lehigh University47 filings$50k
- 34University of Arizona47 filings$54k
- 35University of Texas at Arlington47 filings$56k
- 36University of North Texas46 filings$52k
- 37Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station46 filings$48k
- 38Kent State University44 filings$50k
- 39University of Massachusetts Lowell35 filings$59k
- 40Old Dominion University35 filings$53k
- 41Baylor University34 filings$50k
- 42University of North Texas Health Science Center33 filings$51k
- 43New Jersey Institute of Technology31 filings$59k
- 44University of New Hampshire29 filings$54k
- 45Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center26 filings$49k
- 46University of Maryland, Baltimore County26 filings$64k
- 47University of Tulsa23 filings$60k
- 48University of Rochester23 filings$54k
- 49The University of Tennessee, Knoxville20 filings$48k
- 50University of Southern California20 filings$53k
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Related titles in this family
8,788 filings carry “Postdoctoral Research Associate” in the title, across 465 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Postdoctoral Research Associate I103 filings$54k
- 2Postdoctoral Research Associate II31 filings$58k
- 3Postdoctoral Research Associate - Plant Systems Biology23 filings$69k
- 4Postdoctoral Research Associate III20 filings$53k
- 5Postdoctoral Research Associate of Physics20 filings$62k
- 6Postdoctoral Research Associate in Engineering19 filings$60k
- 7Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate14 filings$55k
- 8Postdoctoral Research Associate in Applied Mathematics12 filings$58k
- 9Postdoctoral Research Associate - Plant Synthetic Biology12 filings$73k
- 10Postdoctoral Research Associate - Condensed Matter Theory11 filings$72k
- 11Postdoctoral Research Associate in Medicine11 filings$70k
- 12Postdoctoral Research Associate in Computer Science8 filings$85k
Figures are for the exact title “Postdoctoral Research 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.