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Post Doctoral Fellow: H-1B salaries

417 labor condition applications used the job title Post Doctoral Fellow. Median offered base salary $60,000; middle half $53,650–$65,000.

Applications (LCAs)417

Median offered salary$60,000

Middle half of salaries$53,650–$65,000

10th–90th percentile$50,119–$71,053

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Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
University of Colorado Denver	53	$54,144
University of Alaska	32	$66,560
Wayne State University	26	$59,002
The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology	20	$64,000
University of Arkansas	19	$51,563
Clemson University	17	$55,152
Henry Ford Health System	16	$61,425
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	12	$60,000
The University of Texas at Arlington	12	$56,484
Virginia Commonwealth University	12	$62,730
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago	11	$56,368
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	11	$57,300
University of New Mexico	11	$56,368
University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture	9	$40,872
University of Houston	8	$52,920
Oklahoma State University	8	$51,906
Amgen Inc.	8	$95,557
The Translational Genomics Research Institute	7	$60,237
University of Utah	6	$77,250
Utah State University	5	$56,000
Georgetown University	5	$65,000
Cleveland State University	5	$57,783
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	5	$80,000
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	4	$60,606
The University of Memphis	4	$52,826
Indiana University	4	$62,842
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Inc.	3	$59,916
Southern Methodist University	3	$55,000
J. Craig Venter Institute, Inc.	3	$64,480
Emory University	3	$53,184
University of North Dakota	3	$52,914
The University of Tulsa	3	$70,000
Carnegie Mellon University	2	$68,500
West Virginia University	2	$65,100
Tufts University	2	$68,099
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine	2	$58,038
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	2	$59,528
Textile Research Institute	2	$82,500
Loma Linda University	2	$66,466
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science	2	$67,995
New York Society for Relief of Ruptured & Crippled	2	$69,903
Northern Illinois University	2	$49,696
Boston College	2	$70,040
East Bay Institute for Research & Education, Inc	1	$65,000
Spencer Foundation	1	$75,000
Christiana Care Health Services, Inc.	1	$56,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	1	$61,538
Howard University	1	$53,000
Thomas Jefferson University	1	$59,740
Drexel University	1	$59,784
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation	1	$48,381
George Mason University	1	$65,000
Saint Louis University	1	$50,760
Case Western Reserve University	1	$67,000
Rowan University	1	$44,000
New Mexico State University	1	$60,000
West Virginia University Research Corporation	1	$54,540
Boston Medical Center Corporation	1	$60,112
Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC)	1	$68,099
Rollins College	1	$60,000

By wage level

Wage level	Median salary
Level I (entry)	$57,304
Level II (qualified)	$64,116
Level III (experienced)	$62,670

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	122	$55,365
FY2024	97	$57,325
FY2025	113	$62,232
FY2026	67	$62,802

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).