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Postdoctoral Research Associate: H-1B salaries

3,162 labor condition applications used the job title Postdoctoral Research Associate. Median offered base salary $62,343; middle half $56,375–$70,000.

Applications (LCAs)3,162

Median offered salary$62,343

Middle half of salaries$56,375–$70,000

10th–90th percentile$51,351–$75,575

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Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
The Trustees of Princeton University	358	$65,000
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	301	$71,270
Washington University	232	$62,925
Triad National Security, LLC	193	$101,128
Texas A&M University	177	$55,000
University of Illinois	170	$58,064
University of Connecticut	150	$61,800
Texas A&M AgriLife Research	141	$51,000
Iowa State University of Science and Technology	141	$58,656
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	104	$62,608
Carnegie Mellon University	81	$61,008
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	79	$55,816
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	58	$55,000
University of Oklahoma	56	$55,000
University of Utah	56	$64,356
W.M. Rice University	54	$62,000
Washington State University	46	$57,699
Northeastern University	41	$65,000
University of Georgia; OGE	38	$60,000
University of Notre Dame du Lac	37	$62,400
University of Nebraska Medical Center	37	$57,650
Georgia State University	32	$56,680
Stowers Institute for Medical Research	29	$61,992
Purdue University	29	$58,292
University of Illinois at Chicago	28	$60,000
The University of Texas at Arlington	25	$60,000
Baylor University	23	$54,413
University of Georgia	23	$60,000
Texas Tech University	22	$54,835
University of Mississippi	21	$53,760
University of North Texas	20	$55,000
University of Illinois Chicago	19	$63,196
University of Massachusetts Lowell	18	$59,436
Lehigh University	15	$58,500
New York Genome Center, Inc.	13	$94,491
The Florida State University	12	$60,000
University of Rochester	11	$60,000
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi	11	$57,500
New Jersey Institute of Technology	11	$62,332
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	9	$61,008
Washington University in St. Louis	7	$56,890
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	7	$70,000
Marquette University	7	$57,300
University of New Hampshire	7	$61,381
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University	6	$53,560
Wake Forest University	6	$48,703
University of North Texas Health Science Center-Fort Worth	6	$52,380
The University of Arizona	6	$65,000
Tufts University	5	$60,000
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	5	$69,461
University of Montana	5	$50,149
The Ohio University	5	$66,116
Regenerative Research Foundation	5	$53,830
University of North Texas Health Science Center	5	$56,484
The University of Southern California	4	$64,300
South Dakota State University	4	$53,000
Ut-Battelle, LLC (oak Ridge National Laboratory)	4	$85,096
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station	4	$60,000
Kent State University	4	$58,918
Clark Atlanta University	4	$52,021

By wage level

Wage level	Median salary
Level I (entry)	$62,000
Level II (qualified)	$62,850
Level III (experienced)	$62,400
Level IV (fully competent)	$65,050

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	706	$59,234
FY2024	793	$60,366
FY2025	907	$64,000
FY2026	592	$65,000

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).