Postdoctoral Research Associate H-1B Salary by Company

611 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Postdoctoral Research Associate" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists, Biochemists and Biophysicists, Chemists.

$65,000Median salary

$60,00025th percentile

$71,88575th percentile

611Filings

Top-paying companies for Postdoctoral Research Associate

Employers with at least 3 filings for this title, ranked by median offered salary.

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Triad National Security	15	$103,610	$101,405 – $106,097
New York Genome Center	7	$94,491	$93,377 – $95,638
Stowers Institute for Medical Research	9	$74,160	$74,160 – $76,384
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	64	$72,530	$72,529 – $72,530
Northeastern University	5	$71,406	$69,805 – $98,509
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	11	$70,000	$67,337 – $80,476
University of Notre Dame du Lac	9	$69,180	$63,120 – $75,000
University of Utah	9	$67,824	$63,120 – $68,805
The Trustees of Princeton University	60	$66,668	$65,000 – $71,264
The University of Arizona	8	$66,294	$63,090 – $68,368
University of Connecticut	34	$65,282	$62,960 – $68,605
University of Oklahoma	6	$64,750	$56,347 – $66,514
W.M. Rice University	13	$64,000	$60,000 – $70,000
University of Illinois Chicago	8	$63,960	$62,780 – $64,356
Washington University	68	$63,888	$63,120 – $66,012
University of Illinois	28	$63,438	$56,978 – $66,269
University of Rochester	3	$63,000	$58,500 – $66,725
University of Georgia; OGE	3	$63,000	$60,500 – $367,500
Carnegie Mellon University	23	$62,652	$61,004 – $67,238
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	15	$62,354	$58,656 – $62,828
University of New Hampshire	3	$61,381	$60,690 – $65,593
Georgia State University	10	$61,274	$57,720 – $67,860
Washington State University	5	$61,200	$55,080 – $69,079
Iowa State University of Science and Technology	23	$60,770	$59,122 – $64,730
University of North Texas	6	$60,500	$56,250 – $62,725

Companies filing the most Postdoctoral Research Associate H-1Bs

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Washington University	68	$63,888	$63,120 – $66,012
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	64	$72,530	$72,529 – $72,530
The Trustees of Princeton University	60	$66,668	$65,000 – $71,264
University of Connecticut	34	$65,282	$62,960 – $68,605
Texas A&M University	32	$57,300	$55,370 – $60,304
University of Illinois	28	$63,438	$56,978 – $66,269
Carnegie Mellon University	23	$62,652	$61,004 – $67,238
Iowa State University of Science and Technology	23	$60,770	$59,122 – $64,730
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	21	$55,000	$53,852 – $60,000
Texas A&M AgriLife Research	19	$56,742	$55,000 – $59,702
University of Georgia	17	$60,000	$55,000 – $65,000
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	15	$62,354	$58,656 – $62,828
Triad National Security	15	$103,610	$101,405 – $106,097
The University of Texas at Arlington	14	$60,000	$60,000 – $64,139
W.M. Rice University	13	$64,000	$60,000 – $70,000

Top cities

City	Filings	Median
Saint Louis, MO	68	$63,888
Memphis, TN	63	$72,530
Princeton, NJ	60	$66,668
College Station, TX	32	$57,065
Storrs, CT	29	$65,320
Urbana, IL	25	$63,000
Ames, IA	23	$60,770
Pittsburgh, PA	22	$62,536
Lincoln, NE	18	$55,584
Houston, TX	15	$64,000
Los Alamos, NM	14	$103,724
Athens, GA	14	$61,000
Troy, NY	14	$62,354
Chapel Hill, NC	11	$70,000
Arlington, TX	11	$60,000

Wage levels

Level I93% · 529

Level II4% · 21

Level III2% · 12

Level IV1% · 7

Prevailing-wage level the employer selected (I = entry, IV = fully competent).