H-1B Postdoctoral Researcher Salary
The median H-1B base salary for a Postdoctoral Researcher is $59,000, across 1,772 certified LCAs.
Median wage
$59,000
Average wage
$62,112
90th percentile
$71,448
Certified LCAs
1,772
Salary distribution
Annualized base salary on certified LCAs. Excludes bonus and stock.
25th
Median
75th
90th
- Lowest
- $36,000
- 25th
- $54,540
- Median
- $59,000
- Average
- $62,112
- 90th
- $71,448
- Highest
- $182,000
Based on 1,772 certified base wages, annualized.
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Filings by year
286FY20
280FY21
237FY22
287FY23
265FY24
297FY25
120FY26
Top H-1B sponsors for Postdoctoral Researcher
Employers ranked by certified LCA volume for this role.
| Company↕ | LCAs↕ | Median▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 18 | $173,000 |
| TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | 460 | $65,000 |
| Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation | 30 | $59,852 |
| The University of Kansas | 60 | $58,908 |
| The Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC | 35 | $58,573 |
| UT Southwestern Medical Center | 428 | $58,000 |
| Syracuse University | 39 | $58,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE | 21 | $57,783 |
| The University of Alabama | 25 | $57,699 |
| Prairie View A&M University | 26 | $57,000 |
| Whitehead Institute For Biomedical Research | 37 | $56,827 |
| Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station | 122 | $54,552 |
| LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER NEW ORLEANS | 22 | $54,380 |
| Louisiana State University and A&M College | 90 | $53,092 |
| LSU Agricultural Center | 22 | $50,000 |
Salaries by location
Philadelphia, PA · $65,000Dallas, TX · $58,000College Station, TX · $53,952Baton Rouge, LA · $53,013Lawrence, KS · $59,251Cambridge, MA · $56,827Syracuse, NY · $57,120Golden, CO · $57,512Los Angeles, CA · $58,608New Orleans, LA · $55,000Prairie View, TX · $57,000Tuscaloosa, AL · $57,699Newark, DE · $57,783Chicago, IL · $55,000Riverside, CA · $61,992