Postdoctoral Fellow H-1B salaries

2,801 labor condition applications from 193 employers in FY2024–FY2026 · occupation Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

$65,000median salary

$59,58025th percentile

$72,00075th percentile

2,747certified LCAs

Employers sponsoring Postdoctoral Fellow jobs

Employer	LCAs	Median	Range
Emory University	184	$61,884	$53,760 – $85,201
NYU Grossman School of Medicine	176	$74,200	$54,018 – $127,200
Harvard University	163	$70,000	$50,000 – $95,000
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	128	$67,900	$41,205 – $81,200
The University of Texas at Austin	126	$64,890	$47,476 – $91,395
The Curators of the University of Missouri	123	$53,040	$31,242 – $70,000
Georgia Institute of Technology	110	$61,027	$47,476 – $87,000
Johns Hopkins University	108	$68,078	$52,704 – $100,000
University of Maryland Baltimore	98	$62,652	$53,760 – $85,000
Indiana University Indianapolis	83	$62,232	$49,130 – $77,076
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	78	$79,205	$60,240 – $114,577
Auburn University	58	$60,000	$43,846 – $97,250
Clemson University	58	$60,000	$40,000 – $75,000
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	56	$69,480	$65,000 – $83,333
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies	52	$76,000	$58,240 – $87,550
BOR USGA obo Augusta University	51	$57,720	$47,476 – $76,856
University of Houston	50	$58,234	$48,000 – $75,000
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis	45	$57,309	$47,550 – $74,088
Colorado State University	44	$62,325	$50,000 – $93,300
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute	44	$64,500	$53,760 – $71,215
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	44	$63,575	$52,000 – $84,282
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory	43	$74,300	$61,000 – $77,126
University of Connecticut Health Center	42	$61,254	$54,840 – $80,000
Indiana University	35	$58,781	$45,000 – $87,432
Northwestern University	32	$61,992	$53,498 – $89,981
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope	29	$72,141	$64,480 – $78,100
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Inc.	25	$67,517	$59,280 – $80,080
University of Cincinnati	25	$60,000	$50,000 – $70,000
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	21	$58,608	$50,760 – $66,492
University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture	20	$53,000	$48,672 – $70,000
Genentech, Inc.	20	$85,197	$76,461 – $99,715
City of Hope National Medical Center	18	$73,224	$64,480 – $78,100
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	18	$53,500	$45,000 – $60,000
Carnegie Mellon University	18	$68,914	$50,752 – $78,100
University of Texas Medical Branch	17	$61,428	$54,840 – $67,824
Virginia Commonwealth University	17	$60,000	$52,000 – $75,728
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans	16	$64,356	$53,760 – $90,000
The University of Kansas Medical Center	16	$64,438	$55,194 – $78,964
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	16	$65,640	$61,008 – $78,000
Van Andel Research Institute	15	$73,000	$70,000 – $77,000
The University of Texas at San Antonio	15	$62,650	$56,484 – $75,000
University of South Carolina	15	$53,040	$41,808 – $79,040
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.	15	$66,492	$61,008 – $80,000
Georgetown University	14	$61,436	$53,760 – $70,000
The University of Alabama at Birmingham	14	$54,690	$48,000 – $61,992
University of Utah	13	$65,000	$55,099 – $81,900
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	13	$95,997	$90,000 – $101,236
La Jolla Institute for Immunology	12	$70,999	$70,096 – $85,322
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	12	$74,000	$53,760 – $78,000
The Curators of the University of Missouri/Missouri University of Science and Technology	11	$55,000	$47,476 – $60,000

Salaries by city

Atlanta, GA 294 · $61,572
New York, NY 276 · $75,795
Houston, TX 225 · $64,978
Baltimore, MD 198 · $65,146
Cambridge, MA 139 · $70,000
Indianapolis, IN 126 · $61,380
Austin, TX 124 · $64,890
Columbia, MO 118 · $53,040
La Jolla, CA 64 · $74,500
Bronx, NY 60 · $69,480
Auburn, AL 56 · $60,000
New Orleans, LA 56 · $63,650
Augusta, GA 51 · $57,720
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 45 · $74,300
Clemson, SC 42 · $60,000
Farmington, CT 42 · $61,254
Fort Collins, CO 40 · $62,825
Boston, MA 38 · $66,498
Duarte, CA 35 · $72,141
Philadelphia, PA 33 · $61,992
Bloomington, IN 32 · $57,033
Chicago, IL 27 · $61,992
Tampa, FL 25 · $67,517
Cincinnati, OH 24 · $60,000
Pittsburgh, PA 19 · $70,000
South San Francisco, CA 19 · $85,197
St. Louis, MO 18 · $62,412
Oklahoma City, OK 17 · $64,998
Galveston, TX 17 · $61,428
Richmond, VA 17 · $60,000

Related job titles

Job title	LCAs	Median salary
Research Associate	3,652	$70,300
Postdoctoral Scholar	2,020	$68,964
Research Fellow	2,001	$72,946
Instructor	1,570	$76,000
Postdoctoral Research Fellow	1,220	$63,120
Staff Scientist	1,125	$77,250
Research Assistant Professor	1,026	$85,000
Associate Research Scientist	975	$78,155
Senior Scientist	825	$120,827
Postdoctoral Researcher	738	$65,625
Assistant Project Scientist	603	$80,800
Senior Research Scientist	597	$110,000
Assistant Research Scientist	563	$73,758
Post Doctoral Fellow	287	$61,422
Postdoctoral Research Scientist	242	$72,100

Questions and answers

What is the H-1B salary for a Postdoctoral Fellow?

The median salary on certified H-1B LCAs for Postdoctoral Fellow is $65,000; the middle half of offers ranges from $59,580 to $72,000 (2,747 certified filings).

Which companies sponsor H-1B visas for Postdoctoral Fellow jobs?

The largest sponsors are Emory University, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Harvard University, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas at Austin.