Postdoctoral Scientist, H-1B salary
What 528 H-1B filings report for “Postdoctoral Scientist” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Postdoctoral Scientist?
$62k median H-1B base salary for a Postdoctoral Scientist, typically $49k to $82k, across 528 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in Virginia at $81k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1Virginia21$81k+$19k
- 2Massachusetts52$75k+$13k
- 3California171$62ksame
- 4Ohio98$55k−$7k
- 5District of Columbia33$52k−$10k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $62kfor 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 Scientist?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Postdoctoral Scientist roles are Cedars-Sinai, Howard Hughes, Nationwide Children's Hospital, George Washington University, and Biogen, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Postdoctoral Scientist filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Cedars-Sinai134 filings$62k
- 2Howard Hughes123 filings$80k
- 3Nationwide Children's Hospital97 filings$55k
- 4George Washington University34 filings$52k
- 5Biogen16 filings$65k
- 6Zoetis14 filings$66k
- 7Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation13 filings$56k
- 8Eli Lilly10 filings$75k
- 9Montclair State University7 filings$57k
- 10Texas Biomedical Research Institute7 filings$51k
- 11Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station5 filings$55k
- 12Boehringer Ingelheim4 filings$77k
- 13Northern Arizona University4 filings$60k
- 14Marine Biological Laboratory4 filings$53k
- 15Crosslife Technologies4 filings$73k
- 16Kansas State University3 filings$42k
- 17South Carolina State University3 filings$46k
- 18Boston Biomedical2 filings$55k
- 19Carnegie Institution for Science2 filings$74k
- 20Fertility Genetics LLC2 filings$80k
- 21GSK2 filings$63k
- 22Infectious Disease Research Institute (Idri)2 filings$48k
- 23San Diego State University Research Foundation2 filings$67k
- 24The Queen's Medical Center2 filings$57k
- 25Janssen2 filings$89k
- 26Abbott1 filings$80k
- 27Biovision1 filings$60k
- 28Brain Cancer Research Institute1 filings$53k
- 29Drexel University1 filings$47k
- 30Denali Therapeutics1 filings$75k
- 31EMD Serono Research and Development Institute1 filings$79k
- 32Elanco Animal Health1 filings$70k
- 33Meta1 filings$150k
- 34Fertility Labs of Colorado, LLC1 filings$75k
- 35IIT Research Institute1 filings$82k
- 36Evotec1 filings$60k
- 37NEC Laboratories America1 filings$103k
- 38New York Medical College1 filings$44k
- 39PAI Life Sciences1 filings$103k
- 40University of California, Riverside1 filings$62k
- 41Seattle Biomedical Research Institute1 filings$42k
- 42Stevens Institute of Technology1 filings$62k
- 43Lubrizol1 filings$73k
- 44University of Montana1 filings$42k
- 45University of Missouri1 filings$35k
- 46New York Stem Cell Foundation1 filings$73k
- 47Scripps Research1 filings$62k
- 48University of Alabama1 filings$50k
- 49TriCom Quest1 filings$165k
- 50University of Idaho1 filings$48k
Related titles in this family
433 filings carry “Postdoctoral Scientist” in the title, across 37 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Amazon Postdoctoral Scientist12 filings$156k
- 2Research Postdoctoral Scientist7 filings$55k
- 3Clinical Microbiology Postdoctoral Scientist4 filings$83k
- 4Postdoctoral Scientist 44 filings$61k
- 5Postdoctoral Scientist II4 filings$62k
- 6Postdoctoral Scientist 53 filings$69k
- 7Postdoctoral Scientist 32 filings$55k
- 8Postdoctoral Scientist III2 filings$50k
- 9Postdoctoral Scientist, Immunology2 filings$60k
- 10Senior Postdoctoral Scientist2 filings$62k
- 11Agricultural Postdoctoral Scientist1 filings$48k
- 12Bioinformatics Postdoctoral Scientist1 filings$56k
Figures are for the exact title “Postdoctoral Scientist”; 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.