H-1B job title salary

Postdoctoral Scholar

#102 most-filed title 625 certified LCAs filed under 59 occupations

Median salary

$70,762

Half earn more, half less

Middle 50%

$65,000 – $77,030

P25 to P75

Change vs prior year

+2.24%

-0.86% after inflation

Share of all H-1B

0.1%

625 filings

Postdoctoral Scholar pay range

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

P10$61,008

P25$65,000

Median$70,762

P75$77,030

P90$82,836

Median by H-1B wage level

Level I$65,000275 LCAs

Level II$71,26612 LCAs

Level III$63,0009 LCAs

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

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Postdoctoral Scholar 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 18%Biochemists and Biophysicists 17%Biological Scientists, All Other 15%Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 5%Chemists 5%Materials Scientists 4%

Occupation (SOC)	Share	LCAs	P25	Median	P75
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 19-1042	17.76%	111	$65,320	$70,000	$75,576
Biochemists and Biophysicists 19-1021	17.12%	107	$66,368	$74,281	$78,126
Biological Scientists, All Other 19-1029	14.88%	93	$64,501	$71,027	$77,030
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 17-2031	5.28%	33	$64,669	$71,632	$77,030
Chemists 19-2031	4.96%	31	$62,919	$65,520	$67,466
Materials Scientists 19-2032	4.48%	28	$62,145	$68,954	$75,781
Physicists 19-2012	3.52%	22	$71,798	$74,353	$77,166
Soil and Plant Scientists 19-1013	2.24%	14	$62,058	$62,826	$71,026
Epidemiologists 19-1041	2.24%	14	$64,500	$73,297	$83,795
Microbiologists 19-1022	2.24%	14	$61,227	$63,060	$72,363
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 19-2042	1.76%	11	$62,508	$65,640	$70,000
Astronomers 19-2011	1.6%	10	$77,118	$81,136	$81,967
Chemical Engineers 17-2041	1.44%	9	$56,650	$65,640	$71,772
Data Scientists 15-2051	1.28%	8	$75,500	$81,200	$84,048
Statisticians 15-2041	1.28%	8	$67,250	$71,912	$76,422
Mechanical Engineers 17-2141	1.28%	8	$62,192	$66,160	$67,712
Materials Engineers 17-2131	1.28%	8	$64,600	$71,335	$80,085
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health 19-2041	1.12%	7	$70,384	$71,769	$75,728
Atmospheric and Space Scientists 19-2021	0.96%	6	$66,052	$70,420	$73,727
Computer and Information Research Scientists 15-1221	0.8%	5	$60,965	$69,850	$71,769

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

Top H-1B sponsors for Postdoctoral Scholar

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 California San Francisco SOC 19-1021 · Biochemists and Biophysicists	47	$77,179	+3.9%
University Of California San Francisco SOC 19-1029 · Biological Scientists, All Other	19	$77,030	+8.5%
University Of California Los Angeles SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	16	$77,030	+10%
Northwestern University SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	16	$65,970	-5.8%
Case Western Reserve University SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	14	$68,394	-2.3%
The University Of Chicago SOC 19-1029 · Biological Scientists, All Other	13	$67,500	-5%
The University Of Tennessee Health Science Center SOC 19-1021 · Biochemists and Biophysicists	13	$55,000	-26%
University Of California San Francisco SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	12	$75,728	+8.2%
Northwestern University SOC 19-2031 · Chemists	10	$65,520	+0%
Northwestern University SOC 19-2032 · Materials Scientists	10	$61,254	-11.2%
University Of Chicago SOC 19-2031 · Chemists	9	$65,650	+0.2%
Northwestern University SOC 19-1029 · Biological Scientists, All Other	8	$63,678	-10.3%
University Of California Davis SOC 19-1029 · Biological Scientists, All Other	8	$70,489	-0.8%
The University Of Chicago SOC 19-1021 · Biochemists and Biophysicists	8	$62,442	-15.9%
University Of Washington SOC 19-1042 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	8	$76,350	+9.1%

Exact titles grouped here

The most common versions of this title as employers wrote them (after removing job codes and typos), with their own medians.

Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate26 LCAs · median $69,925
Postdoctoral Scholar - Fixed Term5 LCAs · median $63,045

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