H-1B Salary Lookup

Postdoctoral Scientist H-1B Salary by Company

106 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Postdoctoral Scientist" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Biochemists and Biophysicists, Biological Scientists, All Other, Molecular and Cellular Biologists.

$78,786Median salary
$72,37525th percentile
$83,51375th percentile
106Filings

Top-paying companies for Postdoctoral Scientist

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

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute76$81,000$78,000 – $83,584
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center20$70,886$62,400 – $72,514
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation5$56,202$56,202 – $56,202

Companies filing the most Postdoctoral Scientist H-1Bs

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute76$81,000$78,000 – $83,584
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center20$70,886$62,400 – $72,514
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation5$56,202$56,202 – $56,202
Texas Biomedical Research Institute2$67,000$65,250 – $68,750
Janssen Research & Development1$108,000$108,000 – $108,000
Montclair State University1$63,410$63,410 – $63,410
San Diego State University Research Foundation1$70,886$70,886 – $70,886

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Los Angeles, CA17$70,886
Ashburn, VA12$83,513
Boston, MA10$78,533
Dallas, TX9$78,786
Stanford, CA7$85,384
New York, NY7$87,641
Cambridge, MA6$82,292
Seattle, WA6$80,168
Oklahoma City, OK5$56,202
Durham, NC3$78,000
Worcester, MA3$82,500
West Hollywood, CA3$62,400
San Antonio, TX2$67,000
Berkeley, CA2$78,746
Miami, FL2$85,500

Wage levels

Level I26% · 27
Level II69% · 72
Level III6% · 6
Level IV0% · 0

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