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

The median offered base salary across 2,636 certified H-1B filings for Postdoctoral Associate (FY2023–FY2026) is $66,499. The middle 50% range from $61,528 to $71,038.

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

The largest sponsors by filings are Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pittsburgh, Cornell University.

Postdoctoral Associate H-1B Salary

2,636 certified H-1B filings list the job title Postdoctoral Associate (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $66,499; the middle half of filings fall between $61,528 and $71,038. The largest sponsor for this title is Massachusetts Institute of Technology (244 filings).

2,636

certified filings

$66,499

Median base salary

$61,528

25th pct

$71,038

75th pct

$78,786

90th pct

$56,650

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

$56,650$66,499 median$78,786

Salary by fiscal year

Year	Filings	Median
FY2026	503	$69,104
FY2025	734	$68,000
FY2024	734	$66,625
FY2023	665	$62,000

Top cities

City	Filings	Median
New York, NY	298	$70,000
Cambridge, MA	292	$71,000
Pittsburgh, PA	214	$61,195
Durham, NC	193	$63,246
Ithaca, NY	192	$63,885
New Haven, CT	163	$68,000
La Jolla, CA	75	$68,016
Boulder, CO	73	$67,265
Worcester, MA	65	$61,572
Boston, MA	63	$70,000
Houston, TX	52	$61,675
Minneapolis, MN	52	$61,008
Blacksburg, VA	42	$67,009
Gainesville, FL	42	$60,237
Piscataway, NJ	39	$67,378
Stony Brook, NY	39	$62,462
College Park, MD	34	$78,000
Rochester, NY	32	$60,000
Washington, DC	31	$66,600
Mississippi State, MS	29	$52,000

Postdoctoral Associate salary by employer

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

Employer	Filings	Median salary
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	244	$69,000
University of Pittsburgh	227	$61,884
Cornell University	203	$63,685
Duke University	177	$63,599
Yale University	177	$68,000
Weill Cornell Medical College	149	$70,000
Howard Hughes Medical Institute	138	$78,752
New York University	102	$68,029
University of Minnesota	99	$61,008
University of Colorado	77	$67,607
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	72	$67,290
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA	69	$61,008
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	67	$61,572
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY	65	$70,000
The Broad Institute, Inc.	56	$75,502
The Scripps Research Institute	55	$68,000
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	53	$68,053
W.M. Rice University	50	$61,275
The Rockefeller University	48	$73,550
Research Foundation for the State University of New York	47	$63,000
University of Maryland College Park	46	$78,000
Mississippi State University	43	$55,000
University of Rochester	37	$60,000
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute	27	$68,016
Georgetown University	24	$69,486
Brandeis University	22	$65,000
Duke University and Health System	20	$63,000
Institute for Cancer Research	19	$66,598
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF SUNY AT BUFFALO	19	$61,714
The Jackson Laboratory	19	$65,589
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	16	$61,728
The George Washington University	15	$67,590
The University of Vermont	13	$61,008
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago	12	$57,845
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research	10	$75,000
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center	7	$55,642
The Research Foundation for SUNY Upstate Medical University	6	$59,028
Carnegie Mellon University	5	$75,000
Georgia State University	5	$62,000
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON	5	$60,000
The Research Foundation at SUNY Binghamton	5	$62,000
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc.	4	$61,082
State University of New York - Polytechnic Institute	4	$60,000
The Research Foundation for SUNY Albany	4	$63,605
The Research Foundation for SUNY ESF	4	$51,576
The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College	4	$64,572
University of Louisville	4	$53,968
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	3	$55,500
Indiana University	3	$56,000
Research Foundation for the State University of New York - Albany	3	$59,634

Related job titles

Postdoctoral Research Associate $63,000 Postdoctoral Associate/Fellow $62,232 Associate $147,368 Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate $67,800 Postdoctoral Fellow Research Associate $64,669 Senior Associate $90,000 Research Associate $70,000 Postdoctoral Fellow $64,854 Postdoctoral Scholar $68,000 Associate Attorney $160,000