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Post Doctoral Research Associate: H-1B salaries

508 labor condition applications used the job title Post Doctoral Research Associate. Median offered base salary $59,000; middle half $54,000–$65,000.

Applications (LCAs)508

Median offered salary$59,000

Middle half of salaries$54,000–$65,000

10th–90th percentile$50,000–$71,590

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Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
Purdue University	131	$58,432
The University of Tennessee	86	$62,981
University of Georgia	64	$57,000
University of Massachusetts Amherst	32	$63,000
Texas Tech University	29	$60,316
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	23	$55,000
University of Wyoming	12	$64,000
University of Utah	8	$66,768
Old Dominion University Research Foundation	8	$52,500
Virginia State University	7	$51,955
New Jersey Institute of Technology	6	$57,000
The University of Tulsa	6	$57,500
University of North Texas	6	$62,108
University of Maine	6	$56,522
Georgetown University	6	$95,000
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	5	$52,000
Saint Francis Health System	4	$55,245
Florida A&M University	4	$53,500
The Morgridge Institute For Research Inc.	4	$56,992
The University of Texas at Arlington	4	$50,000
University of Arkansas	3	$53,560
University of Montana	3	$55,000
The University of Toledo	3	$64,890
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	2	$64,500
Washington University	2	$55,858
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University	2	$62,210
Georgia State University	2	$61,260
Old Dominion University	2	$53,750
Clemson University	2	$56,143
Alcorn State University	2	$60,000
University of Scranton	2	$60,000
Morgan State University	2	$64,438
University of Maryland College Park	2	$70,000
Washington State University	2	$70,000
Clark Atlanta University	1	$46,467
University of Illinois	1	$47,424
Texas A&M AgriLife Research	1	$42,522
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	1	$70,013
The University of Arizona	1	$68,286
New York Institute of Technology	1	$58,500
Delaware State University	1	$50,000
Roseman University of Health Sciences	1	$59,862
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center	1	$51,500
The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler	1	$47,380
North Dakota State University	1	$47,000
The Catholic University of America	1	—
Oklahoma State University	1	$33,550
University of Mississippi	1	$47,507
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical University	1	$66,851
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy	1	$80,000
Saint Louis University	1	$62,962
Texas A&M University-Kingsville	1	$60,000
University of Louisiana at Lafayette	1	$56,556
Labcorp Early Development Laboratories Inc.	1	$76,835
The University of Texas at Dallas	1	—
The Research Foundation at SUNY Binghamton	1	$75,358
Florida Gulf Coast University	1	$64,854
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler	1	$53,000
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	1	$90,000
Southern University and A&M College	1	$55,950

By wage level

Wage level	Median salary
Level I (entry)	$58,162
Level II (qualified)	$62,381
Level III (experienced)	$70,000

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 year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	141	$55,325
FY2024	151	$58,500
FY2025	104	$61,680
FY2026	95	$61,616

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).