Fellow H-1B Salary

327 certified H-1B filings list the job title Fellow (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $80,904; the middle half of filings fall between $75,470 and $87,505. The largest sponsor for this title is Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (56 filings).

327
certified filings
$80,904
Median base salary
$75,470
25th pct
$87,505
75th pct
$97,169
90th pct
$68,130
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
$68,130$80,904 median$97,169

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY202684$83,860
FY202599$83,520
FY202480$78,949
FY202364$77,466

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Philadelphia, PA80$86,212
Houston, TX26$81,776
Charlottesville, VA18$76,349
Durham, NC17$78,600
Seattle, WA16$91,827
Aurora, CO12$69,722
New York, NY11$75,000
Washington, DC11$110,000
Birmingham, AL10$71,762
Cleveland, OH10$78,574
East Norriton, PA9$78,592
Elkins Park, PA7$78,949
Chicago, IL6$71,992
Worcester, MA6$92,866
Providence, RI5$80,901
Cambridge, MA4$77,906
Los Angeles, CA4$141,231
Raleigh, NC4$79,074
St. Louis, MO4$60,222
Tampa, FL4$76,711

Fellow salary by employer

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

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital56$86,212
Albert Einstein Medical Center30$78,592
Duke University Health System24$78,600
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA21$91,804
The University of Virginia19$75,036
University of Washington17$91,962
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston14$83,520
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center14$81,776
The University of Alabama at Birmingham10$71,762
University of Colorado Denver8$69,722
METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER7$78,548
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School7$92,866
Harvard University5$75,813
RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL5$80,901
University of Colorado Denver / Anschutz5$68,266
Weill Cornell Medical College5$66,538
University of South Florida4$76,711
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska3$72,406
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center3$97,219
DAS Group LLC3$62,467
Henry Ford Health System3$74,143
MCLAREN FLINT3$66,269
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center3$100,000
RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE3$151,750
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center3$76,014
University Hospitals Medical Group, Inc.3$83,484
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center3$82,156
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace2$139,288
Flux Therapeutics Inc2$71,032
Georgetown University2$70,750
Inphynet Contracting Services, LLC2$68,786
Kansas State University2$59,509
Lehigh Valley Hospital Inc.2$91,408
McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States2$112,000
Mercy Health - St. Vincent Medical Center, LLC2$79,971
Saint Louis University (GME)2$60,222
The Henry L. Stimson Center2$83,386
Thiel Macro LLC2$200,000
University of Nebraska Medical Center2$59,358
UT Southwestern Medical Center2$79,726
Wake Forest University Health Sciences2$68,880
Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc.1$100,000
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago1$73,983
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.1$282,880
Center for Cultural & Technical Interchange Between East & West , Inc.1$71,843
Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.1$68,480
Children's National Medical Center1$83,383
Hand Center, PA1$66,355
INTEGRIS HEALTH, INC.1$66,602
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER NEW ORLEANS1$69,457

Related job titles

Postdoctoral Fellow $64,854Research Fellow $72,000Clinical Fellow $95,000Resident/Fellow $85,500Medical Fellow $70,502Fellow Physician $77,762Finance Fellow $85,301Postdoctoral Research Fellow $62,566Post Doctoral Fellow $60,000House Staff, Fellow $97,356

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