H-1B Post-Doctoral Associate Salary
The median H-1B base salary for a Post-Doctoral Associate is $60,000, across 973 certified LCAs.
Median wage
$60,000
Average wage
$60,592
90th percentile
$73,492
Certified LCAs
973
Salary distribution
Annualized base salary on certified LCAs. Excludes bonus and stock.
25th
Median
75th
90th
- Lowest
- $36,279
- 25th
- $54,000
- Median
- $60,000
- Average
- $60,592
- 90th
- $73,492
- Highest
- $102,206
Based on 972 certified base wages, annualized.
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Filings by year
142FY20
122FY21
161FY22
179FY23
132FY24
175FY25
62FY26
Top H-1B sponsors for Post-Doctoral Associate
Employers ranked by certified LCA volume for this role.
| Company↕ | LCAs↕ | Median▼ |
|---|---|---|
| University of Maryland - College Park, MD | 9 | $75,724 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 11 | $66,300 |
| Regents of the University of Minnesota | 10 | $64,356 |
| University of Maryland College Park | 313 | $64,020 |
| New York University | 11 | $63,345 |
| University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School | 26 | $61,004 |
| University of Pittsburgh | 30 | $60,060 |
| UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | 31 | $60,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI | 121 | $58,178 |
| Georgia State University | 9 | $58,000 |
| Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | 156 | $56,963 |
| The University of Vermont | 24 | $56,485 |
| The Research Foundation for SUNY Upstate Medical University | 11 | $56,484 |
| University of Minnesota | 102 | $55,912 |
| University of Massachusetts Medical School | 14 | $50,133 |
Salaries by location
College Park, MD · $62,430Miami, FL · $57,300Piscataway, NJ · $55,190Minneapolis, MN · $55,728Worcester, MA · $57,194Pittsburgh, PA · $61,000New Brunswick, NJ · $58,557Gaithersburg, MD · $74,872St. Paul, MN · $52,703Gainesville, FL · $56,828Burlington, VT · $56,485Greenbelt, MD · $75,750Austin, MN · $61,428New York, NY · $64,918Syracuse, NY · $56,646