H-1B Salary Lookup

Postdoctoral Scholar H-1B Salary by Company

563 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Postdoctoral Scholar" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists, Biochemists and Biophysicists, Molecular and Cellular Biologists.

$71,632Median salary
$65,58225th percentile
$77,23075th percentile
563Filings

Top-paying companies for Postdoctoral Scholar

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

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory5$91,284$90,372 – $99,084
California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory3$86,880$86,880 – $86,880
University of California, Santa Cruz7$79,881$73,120 – $81,200
University of California, Irvine15$77,179$74,281 – $78,530
University of California, San Francisco84$77,030$74,281 – $82,836
University of California, Los Angeles39$77,030$73,025 – $81,862
University of California at Santa Barbara33$77,030$74,281 – $79,881
Regents of the University of California at Riverside4$77,030$75,715 – $78,482
University of Washington35$76,500$71,330 – $80,694
University of California, Davis38$75,380$71,769 – $82,836
Tufts University12$74,835$70,539 – $80,571
University of California, Merced6$73,025$71,769 – $74,281
Oregon Health & Science University11$72,949$72,949 – $78,632
The J. David Gladstone Institutes3$70,762$70,762 – $70,762
Michigan State University4$68,912$61,700 – $77,369
Case Western Reserve University22$67,824$64,677 – $70,344
The Pennsylvania State University29$67,475$62,652 – $71,532
The University of Chicago59$66,252$63,950 – $71,048
Northern Arizona University4$65,822$61,540 – $69,492
Oregon State University25$65,640$62,232 – $66,192
Northwestern University62$65,520$62,299 – $67,774
University of South Florida4$63,214$59,571 – $66,832
East Carolina University3$63,120$63,041 – $64,380
University of Kentucky15$62,442$56,325 – $65,974
University of Nevada, Reno3$61,008$59,832 – $63,504

Companies filing the most Postdoctoral Scholar H-1Bs

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
University of California, San Francisco84$77,030$74,281 – $82,836
Northwestern University62$65,520$62,299 – $67,774
The University of Chicago59$66,252$63,950 – $71,048
University of California, Los Angeles39$77,030$73,025 – $81,862
University of California, Davis38$75,380$71,769 – $82,836
University of Washington35$76,500$71,330 – $80,694
University of California at Santa Barbara33$77,030$74,281 – $79,881
The Pennsylvania State University29$67,475$62,652 – $71,532
Oregon State University25$65,640$62,232 – $66,192
Case Western Reserve University22$67,824$64,677 – $70,344
University of California, Irvine15$77,179$74,281 – $78,530
University of Kentucky15$62,442$56,325 – $65,974
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center13$56,257$54,919 – $59,919
Tufts University12$74,835$70,539 – $80,571
Oregon Health & Science University11$72,949$72,949 – $78,632

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
San Francisco, CA86$77,030
Chicago, IL82$65,645
Los Angeles, CA39$77,030
Evanston, IL38$65,582
Seattle, WA35$76,500
Santa Barbara, CA33$77,030
Davis, CA24$76,682
Cleveland, OH22$67,824
Corvallis, OR22$65,640
University Park, PA17$63,448
Irvine, CA15$77,179
Lexington, KY15$62,442
Memphis, TN13$56,257
Portland, OR13$72,949
Tallahassee, FL12$59,000

Wage levels

Level I94% · 244
Level II4% · 11
Level III2% · 5
Level IV0% · 0

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