Postdoctoral Scholar, H-1B salary
What 6,031 H-1B filings report for “Postdoctoral Scholar” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Postdoctoral Scholar?
$60k median H-1B base salary for a Postdoctoral Scholar, typically $50k to $76k, across 6,031 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in Washington at $66k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1Washington346$66k+$6k
- 2California2,642$64k+$4k
- 3Illinois1,006$61k+$1k
- 4Oregon364$59k−$1k
- 5Texas27$58k−$2k
- 6Massachusetts111$58k−$2k
- 7Florida115$57k−$3k
- 8North Carolina53$57k−$3k
- 9Michigan22$57k−$3k
- 10Ohio482$56k−$4k
- 11Pennsylvania383$56k−$4k
- 12Arizona56$55k−$5k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $60kfor 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 Scholar?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Postdoctoral Scholar roles are University of California, San Francisco; University of Chicago; University of California, Davis; University of California, Los Angeles; and Penn State University Park, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Postdoctoral Scholar filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1University of California, San Francisco1,031 filings$65k
- 2University of Chicago633 filings$58k
- 3University of California, Davis571 filings$60k
- 4University of California, Los Angeles424 filings$64k
- 5Penn State University Park385 filings$56k
- 6Northwestern University364 filings$62k
- 7University of Washington353 filings$66k
- 8Ohio State University260 filings$60k
- 9Case Western Reserve University222 filings$54k
- 10Oregon Health & Science University178 filings$60k
- 11Oregon State University162 filings$60k
- 12University of California, Irvine158 filings$61k
- 13University of California, Santa Barbara137 filings$70k
- 14University of Kentucky129 filings$52k
- 15Tufts University86 filings$57k
- 16The University of Tennessee Health Science Center84 filings$54k
- 17California Institute of Technology84 filings$65k
- 18University of Alabama at Birmingham59 filings$54k
- 19University of California, Riverside57 filings$64k
- 20Florida State University55 filings$58k
- 21University of California, Santa Cruz54 filings$65k
- 22Medical University of South Carolina46 filings$48k
- 23University of California, Merced46 filings$60k
- 24East Carolina University45 filings$57k
- 25University of Central Florida42 filings$59k
- 26The J. David Gladstone Institutes37 filings$59k
- 27Arizona State University31 filings$54k
- 28Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory27 filings$78k
- 29University of Oregon26 filings$54k
- 30Northern Arizona University26 filings$55k
- 31University of Nevada, Reno25 filings$52k
- 32Novartis21 filings$58k
- 33Michigan Technological University18 filings$55k
- 34Texas State University15 filings$58k
- 35University of South Florida13 filings$56k
- 36Villanova University7 filings$66k
- 37Worcester Polytechnic Institute7 filings$56k
- 38Keck Graduate Institute6 filings$64k
- 39Syracuse University6 filings$60k
- 40University of Nevada, Las Vegas6 filings$47k
- 41The Univ. of Ala. at Birmingham (Uab)5 filings$49k
- 42Stanford University5 filings$64k
- 43Michigan State University4 filings$69k
- 44North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University4 filings$50k
- 45University of Miami4 filings$64k
- 46University of Notre Dame4 filings$59k
- 47Virginia Commonwealth University4 filings$59k
- 48Rice University4 filings$58k
- 49University of Louisville4 filings$53k
- 50University of Alabama4 filings$50k
Related titles in this family
7,814 filings carry “Postdoctoral Scholar” in the title, across 208 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Postdoctoral Scholar Employee1,426 filings$64k
- 2Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate258 filings$61k
- 3Postdoctoral Scholar Research63 filings$55k
- 4Postdoctoral Scholar Teaching Fellow29 filings$65k
- 5Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Bbe25 filings$72k
- 6Postdoctoral Scholar (Researcher)21 filings$53k
- 7Senior Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Bbe16 filings$70k
- 8Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Physics15 filings$73k
- 9Postdoctoral Scholar Research Assoc. in Bbe14 filings$61k
- 10Postdoctoral Scholar - Fellow13 filings$60k
- 11Postdoctoral Scholar - Fixed Term13 filings$72k
- 12Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Chemistry13 filings$70k
Figures are for the exact title “Postdoctoral Scholar”; 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.