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Postdoctoral Research Associate H-1B salaries

Employers filed 2,182 certified H-1B applications for Postdoctoral Research Associate roles between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $63,627.

Median salary offered
$63,627
Middle half earn
$58,000 to $70,013
Top 10% earn over
$77,918
Certified filings
2,182

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Pay by employer

EmployerFilingsMedianMiddle half
The Trustees of Princeton University257$66,820$65,000 – $70,182
ST. Jude Children's Research Hospital212$72,529$70,013 – $72,530
Washington University181$63,120$61,428 – $65,000
Triad National Security, LLC127$101,405$99,029 – $105,487
Texas A&M University124$55,495$53,950 – $60,000
University of Illinois111$59,322$56,000 – $64,952
University of Connecticut109$62,232$60,000 – $65,564
Texas A&M AgriLife Research90$54,015$50,000 – $58,553
Iowa State University of Science and Technology82$59,080$57,150 – $61,890
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill61$64,356$60,000 – $70,000
Carnegie Mellon University58$61,008$58,164 – $66,000
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute48$58,656$55,875 – $61,913
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska46$55,000$53,269 – $62,410
University of Utah41$66,572$61,428 – $74,263
University of Oklahoma39$57,000$50,275 – $61,800
W.M. Rice University38$62,785$57,962 – $70,000
University of Nebraska Medical Center30$55,512$52,881 – $60,000
Northeastern University29$65,500$62,920 – $69,805
University of Georgia; OGE28$60,900$56,113 – $68,000
Purdue University25$60,000$54,000 – $65,000
University of Notre Dame du Lac25$64,356$62,000 – $69,180
Washington State University23$61,000$55,040 – $65,558
The University of Texas at Arlington23$60,000$59,000 – $61,978
Stowers Institute for Medical Research20$73,080$61,992 – $74,160
University of Georgia20$60,607$56,987 – $65,000
Georgia State University19$59,280$56,638 – $64,500
University of Illinois Chicago18$63,196$61,008 – $64,356
Texas Tech University17$55,000$50,000 – $65,000
University of Mississippi16$53,730$50,000 – $57,000
Baylor University15$54,413$47,500 – $58,250
University of North Texas15$55,000$52,000 – $60,000
University of Massachusetts Lowell13$58,871$58,000 – $63,860
University of Illinois at Chicago12$60,786$60,000 – $65,488
New York Genome Center, Inc.11$94,491$92,263 – $95,372
New Jersey Institute of Technology11$62,332$61,008 – $64,498
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi9$57,500$55,000 – $60,000
Lehigh University9$60,000$56,000 – $63,860
University of Maryland, Baltimore County6$70,000$65,200 – $76,975
University of Rochester6$61,150$55,500 – $62,825
Regenerative Research Foundation5$56,368$51,293 – $56,368
University of New Hampshire5$61,381$60,000 – $63,036
University of North Texas Health Science Center5$56,484$55,500 – $60,000
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School4$61,666$59,877 – $63,365
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service4$57,500$54,526 – $61,250
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University4$54,280$52,572 – $58,610
The Morgridge Institute For Research Inc.4$67,990$66,808 – $69,135
The Ohio University4$67,177$64,824 – $69,000
Research Foundation for the State University of New York3$58,179$57,332 – $62,090
Rochester Institute of Technology3$53,040$52,799 – $53,123
South Dakota State University3$53,000$53,000 – $53,020

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.
CityFilingsMedianMiddle half
Princeton, NJ256$66,722$65,000 – $70,182
Memphis, TN210$72,529$70,013 – $72,530
St. Louis, MO178$63,120$61,428 – $65,000
College Station, TX147$55,000$52,000 – $60,000
Los Alamos, NM125$101,405$99,029 – $105,487
Urbana, IL100$59,322$55,856 – $64,848
Storrs, CT98$62,232$60,188 – $65,650
Ames, IA80$59,000$56,772 – $61,822
Chapel Hill, NC59$64,356$60,222 – $70,000
Pittsburgh, PA58$61,008$57,625 – $65,916
Houston, TX51$61,884$57,027 – $65,000
Troy, NY46$58,656$55,625 – $61,971
Athens, GA42$61,900$57,737 – $67,750
Salt Lake City, UT42$66,761$61,446 – $74,263
Lincoln, NE41$55,167$53,269 – $62,994
Norman, OK39$57,000$50,275 – $61,800
Omaha, NE32$54,245$52,881 – $60,000
Chicago, IL31$62,232$60,000 – $64,678
Boston, MA28$65,500$62,920 – $70,205
Notre Dame, IN24$64,356$62,000 – $69,496

By experience level

Wage levelFilingsMedian
Level I1,859$63,120
Level II98$65,229
Level III38$67,966
Level IV20$72,000

Levels I to IV are the Labor Department's experience bands, from entry level (I) to fully competent (IV).

By year

Year filedFilingsMedian
2023290$59,890
2024825$63,000
2025731$64,563
2026336$65,000