What is the H-1B salary for a Post-Doctoral Associate?

The median offered base salary across 451 certified H-1B filings for Post-Doctoral Associate (FY2023–FY2026) is $62,822. The middle 50% range from $58,338 to $67,824.

Which companies sponsor H-1B visas for Post-Doctoral Associate roles?

The largest sponsors by filings are University of Maryland College Park, UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Post-Doctoral Associate H-1B Salary

451 certified H-1B filings list the job title Post-Doctoral Associate (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $62,822; the middle half of filings fall between $58,338 and $67,824. The largest sponsor for this title is University of Maryland College Park (103 filings).

451

certified filings

$62,822

Median base salary

$58,338

25th pct

$67,824

75th pct

$75,750

90th pct

$54,840

10th pct

Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid; counts are filings, not people. Not legal, financial, or career advice. See our disclaimer & terms.

Data: DOL filings FY2023–FY2026 (through June 2026) · Page updated November 2026

$54,840$62,822 median$75,750

Salary by fiscal year

Year	Filings	Median
FY2026	70	$65,000
FY2025	137	$64,356
FY2024	99	$63,852
FY2023	145	$58,018

Top cities

City	Filings	Median
College Park, MD	83	$63,216
Miami, FL	60	$61,778
Piscataway, NJ	38	$63,741
Minneapolis, MN	32	$58,040
Pittsburgh, PA	22	$61,942
New Brunswick, NJ	21	$63,968
Worcester, MA	19	$62,232
Austin, MN	14	$64,356
Gainesville, FL	11	$61,884
St. Paul, MN	9	$60,000
Syracuse, NY	8	$56,646
Burlington, VT	7	$56,485
Durham, NC	7	$63,403
Newark, NJ	7	$63,968
Toledo, OH	7	$55,000
Atlanta, GA	6	$61,000
Coral Gables, FL	6	$64,189
Gaithersburg, MD	6	$79,971
Boston, MA	4	$65,326
Boulder, CO	4	$69,940

Post-Doctoral Associate salary by employer

Top 36 sponsors by number of filings. Click a column to sort.

Employer	Filings	Median salary
University of Maryland College Park	103	$65,042
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI	70	$63,378
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	67	$63,968
University of Minnesota	52	$59,592
University of Pittsburgh	24	$62,058
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	23	$62,232
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA	16	$62,942
Regents of the University of Minnesota	11	$64,356
Georgia State University	8	$59,000
The University of Toledo	8	$57,500
The Research Foundation for SUNY Upstate Medical University	7	$56,484
The University of Vermont	7	$56,485
New York University	6	$67,227
Duke University	5	$62,000
University of Maryland - College Park, MD	5	$65,000
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY	4	$65,326
University of Colorado	4	$69,940
Delaware State University	3	$45,822
Duke University and Medical Center	3	$63,403
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA	3	$60,000
HAUPTMAN WOODWARD MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.	2	$53,242
The University of Arizona	2	$67,960
University of Maryland	2	$75,980
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA	2	$71,768
University of Rochester	2	$56,148
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	2	$61,807
Carnegie Institution for Science	1	$61,996
Carnegie Mellon University	1	$62,000
Florida A&M University	1	$52,000
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	1	$63,036
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc.	1	$60,944
Rutgers, The State University of NJ	1	$60,000
Saint Louis University	1	$63,856
The Research Foundation for SUNY ESF	1	$58,459
The Research Foundation for SUNY Polytechnic Institute	1	$65,000
Zoological Society of San Diego	1	$78,760

Related job titles

Post Doctoral Research Associate $59,862 Post Doctoral Fellow $60,000 Post Doctoral Scholar $61,008 Post Doctoral Scientist $62,000 Post Doctoral Researcher $59,634 Post Doctorate Research Associate $90,730 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow $67,000 Post-Doctoral Research Assistant $60,000 Associate $147,368 Senior Associate $90,000