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Postdoctoral Scholar: H-1B salaries

2,642 labor condition applications used the job title Postdoctoral Scholar. Median offered base salary $66,737; middle half $61,008–$74,281.

Applications (LCAs)2,642
Median offered salary$66,737
Middle half of salaries$61,008–$74,281
10th–90th percentile$56,484–$80,000

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Employers

EmployerLCAsMedian salary
University of California, San Francisco456$74,425
Northwestern University313$63,000
The University of Chicago299$62,652
University of California, Davis203$69,385
University of California, Los Angeles187$71,908
University of Washington164$70,507
The Pennsylvania State University161$61,008
Oregon State University94$61,008
Oregon Health & Science University75$65,597
University of California at Santa Barbara73$74,281
University of California, Irvine70$69,360
Case Western Reserve University66$62,452
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center59$54,960
University of Kentucky55$56,975
The Florida State University49$57,457
Tufts University38$67,776
California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory34$82,180
The University of Alabama at Birmingham24$56,572
University of California, Santa Cruz20$69,141
University of California, Merced20$71,769
The Ohio State University19$56,484
Regents of the University of California at Riverside19$71,838
East Carolina University16$63,041
Texas State University14$57,972
The J. David Gladstone Institutes10$66,560
Northern Arizona University10$61,307
University of Nevada, Reno9$61,008
Michigan Technological University8$58,822
University of Oregon8$60,504
Arizona State University8$62,555
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory8$75,054
University of South Florida6$63,214
Regent of University California of Riverside4$64,480
University of Notre Dame du Lac4$59,000
Michigan State University4$68,912
Research Foundation for the State University of New York - Albany3$55,596
Virginia Commonwealth University3$59,784
Medical University of South Carolina and Affiliates3$71,000
University of Louisville2$53,168
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc.2$74,766
Regents of University California of Riverside2$66,930
Howard University2$60,929
The Leland Stanford, Jr University2$120,162
The University of Alabama2$61,000
University of Idaho1$50,606
Loyola University Chicago1$70,000
Syracuse University1$60,000
Marquette University1$54,106
University of Las Vegas, Nevada1$55,715
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund1$58,000
Saint Louis University1$63,000
Indiana University1$58,656
University of North Carolina Wilmington1$61,008
University of Rhode Island1$56,880
Nevada System of Higher Education1$67,912
Duke University1$74,000
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University1$65,000
Kent State University1$55,100

By wage level

Wage levelMedian salary
Level I (entry)$61,605
Level II (qualified)$66,560
Level III (experienced)$63,000

The Department of Labor sets four prevailing wage levels for each occupation and area, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). The employer picks the level that matches the job's requirements.

By fiscal year

Fiscal yearLCAsMedian salary
FY2023605$62,200
FY2024686$65,004
FY2025737$69,209
FY2026521$71,532

Cities

Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications only. An LCA is not a visa approval and one LCA can cover several positions. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2023–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).