H-1B job title salary

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

#174 most-filed title 334 certified LCAs filed under 38 occupations

Median salary

$65,458

Half earn more, half less

Middle 50%

$62,232 – $70,268

P25 to P75

Change vs prior year

+3.9%

+0.75% after inflation

Share of all H-1B

0.1%

334 filings

Postdoctoral Research Fellow pay range

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

P10$61,008

P25$62,232

Median$65,458

P75$70,268

P90$75,744

Median by H-1B wage level

Level I$65,000299 LCAs

Level II$77,97614 LCAs

Level III$77,9765 LCAs

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

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SOC split

Postdoctoral Research Fellow 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.

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 36%Biological Scientists, All Other 22%Biochemists and Biophysicists 8%Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 5%Computer and Information Research Scientists 3%Chemists 2%

Occupation (SOC)	Share	LCAs	P25	Median	P75
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 19-1042	35.63%	119	$62,442	$65,640	$69,850
Biological Scientists, All Other 19-1029	21.86%	73	$62,132	$64,746	$70,344
Biochemists and Biophysicists 19-1021	7.78%	26	$62,908	$65,000	$70,258
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 17-2031	5.39%	18	$61,884	$63,294	$68,263
Computer and Information Research Scientists 15-1221	3.29%	11	$64,147	$70,000	$78,352
Chemists 19-2031	2.4%	8	$60,376	$66,748	$70,086
Physicists 19-2012	2.4%	8	$63,045	$65,625	$72,500
Materials Scientists 19-2032	2.4%	8	$62,176	$62,232	$64,250
Mechanical Engineers, R&D 17-2144	2.1%	7	$62,814	$66,000	$66,000
Atmospheric and Space Scientists 19-2021	1.8%	6	$65,995	$69,490	$75,642
Statisticians 15-2041	1.8%	6	$67,556	$69,631	$73,760
Epidemiologists 19-1041	1.5%	5	$65,852	$70,000	$70,000

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

Top H-1B sponsors for Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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
University Of Michigan SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	42	$63,120	-3.8%
University Of Michigan SOC 19-1029 · Biological Scientists, All Other	33	$63,120	-2.5%
Johns Hopkins University SOC 19-1029 · Biological Scientists, All Other	17	$68,599	+6%
The University Of Texas Health Science Center At Houston SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	17	$66,492	+1.3%
University Of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	16	$62,000	-5.5%
University Of Michigan SOC 17-2031 · Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	10	$62,232	-1.7%
University Of Michigan SOC 19-1021 · Biochemists and Biophysicists	9	$64,099	-1.4%
University Of Michigan SOC 19-2032 · Materials Scientists	8	$62,232	only sponsor
University Of Michigan SOC 15-1221 · Computer and Information Research Scientists	7	$70,000	+0%
Johns Hopkins University SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	7	$71,448	+8.9%
University Of Michigan SOC 17-2144 · Mechanical Engineers, R&D	7	$66,000	only sponsor
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center SOC 19-1029 · Biological Scientists, All Other	6	$77,976	+20.4%
University Of Michigan SOC 19-2012 · Physicists	6	$63,398	-3.4%
Johns Hopkins University SOC 19-1021 · Biochemists and Biophysicists	5	$70,344	+8.2%
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center SOC 19-1029 · Biological Scientists, All Other	5	$61,381	-5.2%

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