Postdoctoral Research Fellow H-1B Salary

1,359 certified H-1B filings list the job title Postdoctoral Research Fellow (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $62,566; the middle half of filings fall between $59,592 and $68,000. The largest sponsor for this title is University of Michigan (619 filings).

1,359
certified filings
$62,566
Median base salary
$59,592
25th pct
$68,000
75th pct
$74,320
90th pct
$56,484
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
$56,484$62,566 median$74,320

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY2026262$66,360
FY2025350$64,356
FY2024366$61,572
FY2023381$59,000

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Ann Arbor, MI559$61,428
Baltimore, MD209$63,852
Boston, MA75$70,000
Houston, TX65$61,572
Seattle, WA56$71,000
Oklahoma City, OK42$60,000
San Antonio, TX37$61,008
Philadelphia, PA19$65,000
Fairfax, VA15$77,522
Dearborn, MI11$61,008
Los Angeles, CA11$80,910
Washington, DC11$68,960
Fargo, ND10$53,476
Denver, CO9$53,893
Flint, MI8$57,977
Princeton, NJ8$71,963
Jackson, MS6$61,008
Winston Salem, NC6$53,310
Chestnut Hill, MA5$68,666
Norman, OK5$53,269

Postdoctoral Research Fellow salary by employer

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

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
University of Michigan619$61,572
Johns Hopkins University227$63,852
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston68$61,572
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center61$72,469
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center48$61,008
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio38$61,008
Harvard University31$73,334
George Mason University21$77,522
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center15$65,000
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.13$65,998
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY13$53,851
Thomas Jefferson University13$64,356
Children's Hospital Los Angeles11$80,910
Tufts Medical Center, Inc.9$65,000
The Trustees of Princeton University8$71,963
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA8$65,500
Children's National Medical Center7$66,839
Colorado Seminary7$53,893
HMH Hospitals Corporation7$65,749
Northeastern University7$85,530
Boston College6$68,822
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home6$67,108
University of Mississippi Medical Center6$61,008
University of Oklahoma6$53,406
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,Inc.5$71,406
H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER & RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.5$64,605
University of Rhode Island5$59,343
Wake Forest University Health Sciences4$60,445
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY4$53,310
WINIFRED MASTERSON BURKE MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE4$66,000
Brigham and Women's Hospital3$71,406
Kennedy Krieger Institute3$64,356
Marquette University3$62,000
New York Blood Center3$81,884
The College of William and Mary3$61,500
Virginia Commonwealth University3$56,484
Albert Einstein Medical Center2$61,318
Barnard College2$60,000
LSU - Pennington Biomedical Research Center2$61,008
San Diego State University2$65,004
Sonoval LLC2$104,000
Tufts University2$66,174
University of Massachusetts Boston2$66,194
University of North Carolina at Charlotte2$56,795
University of Utah2$62,562
West Virginia University2$70,000
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund1$68,964
Beth Israel Deaconess MedicalCenter,Inc.1$75,564
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY1$61,006
Carnegie Institution of Washington1$65,042

Related job titles

Postdoctoral Fellow Research Associate $64,669Postdoctoral Fellow $64,854Research Fellow $72,000Postdoctoral Research Associate $63,000Postdoctoral Research Scholar $61,718Postdoctoral Research Affiliate $75,000Postdoctoral Research Scientist $72,100Postdoctoral Associate/Fellow $62,232Postdoctoral Research Staff $118,422Clinical Research Fellow $86,948

Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid. Not legal, financial, or career advice. Full disclaimer