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Postdoctoral Researcher: H-1B salaries

973 labor condition applications used the job title Postdoctoral Researcher. Median offered base salary $64,000; middle half $58,000–$68,814.

Applications (LCAs)973

Median offered salary$64,000

Middle half of salaries$58,000–$68,814

10th–90th percentile$53,972–$75,000

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Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	249	$67,320
UT Southwestern Medical Center	240	$62,000
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station	77	$57,600
Louisiana State University and A&M College	49	$55,000
The University of Kansas	34	$60,198
Meta Platforms, Inc	23	$173,000
Prairie View A&M University	22	$57,000
Syracuse University	20	$62,206
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research	14	$72,760
LSU Agricultural Center	13	$50,000
University of Delaware	12	$62,110
The University of Alabama	10	$59,530
Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation	9	$64,000
Regents of the University of California at Riverside	9	$71,908
California State University, Northridge	9	$67,562
Buck Institute for Research on Aging	8	$75,462
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Office of International Affairs	8	$66,492
The Ohio University	7	$53,352
The Catholic University of America	7	$73,150
Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.	7	$63,036
Coriell Institute for Medical Research	6	$56,478
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans	6	$56,304
LSU - Pennington Biomedical Research Center	5	$56,484
International Computer Science Institute	5	$79,934
Desert Research Institute	5	$75,000
Kennesaw State University	4	$66,000
Research Foundation of CUNY	4	$66,529
University of South Dakota	3	$59,634
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	3	$60,500
The Research Foundation at SUNY Binghamton	3	$56,742
Indiana University	3	$63,232
Drexel University	3	$61,984
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	3	$60,000
Texas A&M University	3	$61,000
University of Mississippi	3	$55,176
Montana State University	3	$50,149
Saint Louis University	3	$59,817
Arc Research Institute	3	$80,000
University of Utah	2	$53,000
Colorado School of Mines	2	$56,048
LSU System - Pennington Biomedical Research Center	2	$52,966
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.	2	$59,818
University of Southern Mississippi	2	$55,000
Texas A&M University-Kingsville	2	$55,834
University at Albany, State University of New York	2	$56,000
The University of Chicago	2	$51,000
St. John's University	2	$55,892
Loma Linda University	2	$65,000
[C] Worthy, LLC	2	$90,000
Carnegie Mellon University	2	$67,833
Scripps College	2	$68,640
Harvey Mudd College	2	$69,752
Brigham Young University	2	$59,328
Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc.	2	$96,470
Louisiana State University A&M College	2	$55,054
Texas A&M AgriLife Research	1	$50,004
Western Kentucky University	1	$57,432
Colorado State University	1	$52,208
Vitalant	1	$70,760
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC	1	$50,773

By wage level

Wage level	Median salary
Level I (entry)	$63,000
Level II (qualified)	$69,082
Level III (experienced)	$68,380
Level IV (fully competent)	$67,500

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	228	$58,794
FY2024	232	$62,233
FY2025	279	$65,666
FY2026	200	$67,000

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).