H-1B job title salary

Postdoctoral Research Affiliate

#492 most-filed title 104 certified LCAs filed under 23 occupations

Median salary

$77,619

Half earn more, half less

Middle 50%

$76,287 – $80,000

P25 to P75

Change vs prior year

+3.49%

+0.35% after inflation

Share of all H-1B

104 filings

Postdoctoral Research Affiliate pay range

Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.

P10$74,585

P25$76,287

Median$77,619

P75$80,000

P90$85,000

Median by H-1B wage level

Level I$77,57392 LCAs

Level II$80,0009 LCAs

Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).

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SOC split

Postdoctoral Research Affiliate pay by occupation code

Employers file the same title under different SOC occupation codes, and pay differs between them. Each row is computed only within its SOC.

Biochemists and Biophysicists 30%Biological Scientists, All Other 28%Physicists 8%Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 6%Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 5%

Occupation (SOC)	Share	LCAs	P25	Median	P75
Biochemists and Biophysicists 19-1021	29.81%	31	$74,710	$77,103	$79,802
Biological Scientists, All Other 19-1029	27.88%	29	$75,845	$77,432	$79,802
Physicists 19-2012	7.69%	8	$79,914	$80,000	$80,500
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 19-1042	5.77%	6	$77,766	$79,500	$86,250
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 17-2031	4.81%	5	$74,755	$77,247	$78,146

Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.

Top H-1B sponsors for Postdoctoral Research Affiliate

What the biggest sponsors pay for this title, compared with the median of all sponsors filing the same title in the same occupation.

Employer	LCAs	Median	vs all sponsors
The Leland Stanford Jr University SOC 19-1021 · Biochemists and Biophysicists	31	$77,103	only sponsor
The Leland Stanford Jr University SOC 19-1029 · Biological Scientists, All Other	29	$77,432	only sponsor
The Leland Stanford Jr University SOC 19-2012 · Physicists	8	$80,000	only sponsor
The Leland Stanford Jr University SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	6	$79,500	only sponsor
The Leland Stanford Jr University SOC 17-2031 · Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	5	$77,247	only sponsor

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