What is the H-1B salary for a Postdoctoral Fellow?

The median offered base salary across 2,951 certified H-1B filings for Postdoctoral Fellow (FY2023–FY2026) is $64,854. The middle 50% range from $58,984 to $71,448.

Which companies sponsor H-1B visas for Postdoctoral Fellow roles?

The largest sponsors by filings are NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Emory University, Harvard University.

Postdoctoral Fellow H-1B Salary

2,951 certified H-1B filings list the job title Postdoctoral Fellow (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $64,854; the middle half of filings fall between $58,984 and $71,448. The largest sponsor for this title is NYU Grossman School of Medicine (191 filings).

2,951

certified filings

$64,854

Median base salary

$58,984

25th pct

$71,448

75th pct

$77,976

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$64,854 median$77,976

Salary by fiscal year

Year	Filings	Median
FY2026	567	$69,180
FY2025	785	$66,492
FY2024	820	$63,852
FY2023	779	$59,883

Top cities

City	Filings	Median
New York, NY	298	$74,200
Atlanta, GA	247	$61,484
Houston, TX	228	$63,852
Baltimore, MD	161	$65,000
Cambridge, MA	130	$70,218
Austin, TX	129	$64,480
Indianapolis, IN	106	$61,009
Columbia, MO	96	$53,040
New Orleans, LA	62	$61,716
La Jolla, CA	58	$73,250
Auburn, AL	56	$60,000
Farmington, CT	52	$61,008
Bronx, NY	49	$68,959
Duarte, CA	47	$71,427
Augusta, GA	42	$57,380
Clemson, SC	42	$60,000
Fort Collins, CO	41	$62,000
Cold Spring Harbor, NY	38	$73,550
Philadelphia, PA	37	$64,356
Boston, MA	36	$66,360

Postdoctoral Fellow salary by employer

Top 50 sponsors by number of filings. Click a column to sort.

Employer	Filings	Median salary
NYU Grossman School of Medicine	191	$74,200
Emory University	185	$61,484
Harvard University	147	$70,236
The University of Texas at Austin	138	$64,906
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	131	$66,228
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	107	$77,642
The Curators of the University of Missouri	104	$53,186
Johns Hopkins University	100	$67,224
University of Maryland Baltimore	89	$62,878
Georgia Institute of Technology	84	$64,178
Indiana University Indianapolis	62	$62,517
Auburn University	61	$60,000
Clemson University	61	$60,000
University of Houston	59	$57,054
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	58	$61,716
University of Connecticut Health Center	53	$61,008
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis	52	$57,300
BOR USGA obo Augusta University	49	$57,840
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute	48	$64,279
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies	48	$74,500
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	47	$68,959
Northwestern University	47	$61,884
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory	45	$74,300
Colorado State University	45	$62,000
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope	38	$71,224
Indiana University	32	$60,288
H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER & RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.	29	$67,018
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI	24	$59,175
City of Hope National Medical Center	22	$72,141
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER	22	$62,250
Carnegie Mellon University	21	$67,829
Genentech, Inc.	21	$86,000
University of Texas Medical Branch	21	$59,784
Van Andel Research Institute	20	$72,500
Virginia Commonwealth University	20	$60,504
Georgetown University	19	$61,200
University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture	19	$53,000
University of South Carolina	19	$54,704
The Curators of the University of Missouri/Missouri University of Science and Technology	18	$50,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY	18	$53,500
La Jolla Institute for Immunology	17	$70,990
University of Utah	17	$64,000
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	16	$65,500
Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.	16	$61,457
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	16	$95,997
University of Texas at San Antonio	16	$60,233
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	15	$61,884
The University of Alabama at Birmingham	15	$54,840
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	15	$65,640
New York Society for Relief of Ruptured & Crippled	13	$71,091

Related job titles

Postdoctoral Research Fellow $62,566 Postdoctoral Associate/Fellow $62,232 Fellow $80,904 Postdoctoral Fellow Research Associate $64,669 Postdoctoral Associate $66,499 Research Fellow $72,000 Postdoctoral Scholar $68,000 Postdoctoral Researcher $65,000 Clinical Fellow $95,000 Postdoctoral Scientist $76,426