H-1B Postdoctoral Fellow Salary
The median H-1B base salary for a Postdoctoral Fellow is $59,621, across 6,687 certified LCAs.
Median wage
$59,621
Average wage
$61,280
90th percentile
$74,088
Certified LCAs
6,687
Salary distribution
Annualized base salary on certified LCAs. Excludes bonus and stock.
25th
Median
75th
90th
- Lowest
- $23,820
- 25th
- $54,144
- Median
- $59,621
- Average
- $61,280
- 90th
- $74,088
- Highest
- $2,365,454
Based on 6,681 certified base wages, annualized.
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Filings by year
905FY20
942FY21
1,078FY22
1,037FY23
1,131FY24
1,063FY25
531FY26
Top H-1B sponsors for Postdoctoral Fellow
Employers ranked by certified LCA volume for this role.
| Company↕ | LCAs↕ | Median▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | 217 | $70,000 |
| NYU Grossman School of Medicine | 408 | $67,531 |
| Harvard University | 380 | $66,080 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 176 | $65,276 |
| The Salk Institute for Biological Studies | 140 | $63,386 |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | 124 | $62,600 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | 325 | $60,000 |
| The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | 284 | $59,784 |
| University of Maryland Baltimore | 269 | $59,592 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | 265 | $58,460 |
| Emory University | 382 | $57,746 |
| Northwestern University | 281 | $57,117 |
| Auburn University | 117 | $56,500 |
| Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis | 146 | $56,484 |
| The Curators of the University of Missouri | 243 | $49,192 |
Salaries by location
New York, NY · $67,072Atlanta, GA · $58,000Houston, TX · $57,456Baltimore, MD · $60,780Austin, TX · $60,000Cambridge, MA · $67,600Columbia, MO · $49,922Indianapolis, IN · $58,296La Jolla, CA · $63,386Chicago, IL · $56,484Boston, MA · $61,000Cold Spring Harbor, NY · $61,000Duarte, CA · $64,480New Orleans, LA · $59,580Evanston, IL · $59,100