Postdoctoral Associate H-1B salaries

Employers filed 2,133 certified H-1B applications for Postdoctoral Associate roles between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $67,200.

Median salary offered: $67,200
Middle half earn: $62,232 to $72,000
Top 10% earn over: $80,000
Certified filings: 2,133

Every filing

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Pay by employer

Employer	Filings	Median	Middle half
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	214	$71,000	$66,950 – $72,024
University of Pittsburgh	170	$62,516	$61,008 – $65,640
Yale University	160	$68,152	$66,625 – $70,040
Duke University	153	$64,517	$62,000 – $69,104
Cornell University	149	$65,000	$61,008 – $72,800
Weill Cornell Medical College	115	$73,000	$64,945 – $80,000
Howard Hughes Medical Institute	104	$78,786	$74,263 – $81,149
University of Minnesota	84	$61,650	$58,504 – $63,215
New York University	82	$68,058	$65,082 – $74,794
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	72	$67,582	$65,000 – $70,810
Trustees of Boston University	56	$70,000	$68,079 – $72,800
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	56	$61,572	$61,428 – $64,356
University of Florida	55	$61,428	$57,300 – $65,820
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	49	$67,018	$62,607 – $68,053
The Broad Institute, Inc.	48	$76,526	$74,242 – $81,253
The Scripps Research Institute	48	$68,640	$68,000 – $70,886
University of Maryland College Park	47	$78,592	$65,000 – $83,341
Research Foundation for the State University of New York	43	$63,800	$61,756 – $65,000
W.M. Rice University	41	$61,550	$58,000 – $65,208
The Rockefeller University	41	$74,100	$72,000 – $76,915
Mississippi State University	37	$60,000	$52,000 – $62,878
University of Rochester	30	$60,965	$57,000 – $63,955
Georgetown University	28	$71,766	$64,876 – $74,816
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute	25	$68,016	$68,016 – $75,587
Brandeis University	22	$65,000	$61,913 – $71,750
Duke University and Health System	16	$64,500	$61,462 – $66,040
The Jackson Laboratory	14	$65,589	$64,289 – $65,589
The University of Vermont	13	$61,008	$61,008 – $61,428
Florida International University	13	$61,925	$58,414 – $65,000
Institute for Cancer Research	13	$68,964	$66,495 – $74,008
Research Foundation of Suny at Buffalo	13	$64,085	$58,656 – $66,093
The George Washington University	10	$69,268	$67,624 – $72,146
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research	9	$75,000	$75,000 – $75,000
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago	8	$59,322	$56,368 – $63,960
University of Colorado	7	$66,560	$64,448 – $77,484
State University of New York at Buffalo	6	$57,062	$50,378 – $63,016
State University of New York at Binghamton	5	$60,000	$50,000 – $60,000
The Research Foundation at SUNY Binghamton	5	$62,000	$59,000 – $62,000
The Research Foundation for SUNY Albany	4	$63,605	$62,660 – $64,250
The Research Foundation for SUNY Upstate Medical University	4	$62,346	$59,889 – $63,963
The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College	4	$64,572	$62,652 – $67,869
Carnegie Mellon University	4	$75,000	$70,000 – $75,000
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center	3	$59,039	$57,340 – $59,160
Indiana University	3	$56,000	$56,000 – $56,250
Research Foundation for the State University of New York - Albany	3	$59,634	$57,300 – $61,995
University of Louisville	2	$59,567	$58,434 – $60,700
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc.	2	$64,794	$63,297 – $66,291
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	2	$53,240	$50,860 – $55,620
Virginia Commonwealth University	2	$60,000	$60,000 – $60,000
The Research Foundation for SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University	2	$59,455	$58,378 – $60,532

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.

City	Filings	Median	Middle half
Cambridge, MA	269	$71,000	$67,040 – $75,000
New York, NY	253	$72,100	$66,538 – $77,584
Pittsburgh, PA	172	$62,516	$61,008 – $65,832
Durham, NC	171	$64,600	$62,000 – $69,104
New Haven, CT	156	$68,285	$66,625 – $70,421
Ithaca, NY	153	$65,000	$61,008 – $72,800
La Jolla, CA	76	$68,640	$68,000 – $70,990
Worcester, MA	60	$61,574	$61,428 – $64,890
Boston, MA	59	$70,000	$68,280 – $73,238
Minneapolis, MN	46	$61,404	$59,117 – $64,961
Houston, TX	44	$62,016	$58,148 – $65,980
Piscataway, NJ	43	$67,787	$65,000 – $70,874
Blacksburg, VA	42	$67,536	$62,675 – $68,053
Stony Brook, NY	41	$63,800	$61,714 – $65,000
College Park, MD	35	$76,853	$62,605 – $80,986
Washington, DC	33	$70,000	$65,000 – $73,500
Gainesville, FL	32	$60,945	$57,300 – $65,026
Rochester, NY	30	$60,965	$57,000 – $63,955
Waltham, MA	25	$66,300	$63,120 – $75,564
Mississippi State, MS	24	$53,269	$50,112 – $60,552

By experience level

Wage level	Filings	Median
Level I	1,696	$66,950
Level II	192	$75,740
Level III	64	$68,984
Level IV	4	$65,870

Levels I to IV are the Labor Department's experience bands, from entry level (I) to fully competent (IV).

By year

Year filed	Filings	Median
2023	274	$62,500
2024	807	$67,000
2025	677	$68,053
2026	375	$69,104