H-1B job title salary

Postdoctoral Scientist

#476 most-filed title 110 certified LCAs filed under 10 occupations

Median salary

$79,050

Half earn more, half less

Middle 50%

$72,192 – $83,513

P25 to P75

Change vs prior year

+11.35%

+7.97% after inflation

Share of all H-1B

110 filings

Postdoctoral Scientist pay range

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

P10$63,365

P25$72,192

Median$79,050

P75$83,513

P90$88,169

Median by H-1B wage level

Level I$70,88633 LCAs

Level II$81,14974 LCAs

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

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SOC split

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

Biological Scientists, All Other 42%Biochemists and Biophysicists 41%Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 9%

Occupation (SOC)	Share	LCAs	P25	Median	P75
Biological Scientists, All Other 19-1029	41.82%	46	$76,123	$78,786	$83,513
Biochemists and Biophysicists 19-1021	40.91%	45	$74,000	$80,000	$83,000
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 19-1042	9.09%	10	$56,202	$59,851	$82,054

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

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
Howard Hughes Medical Institute SOC 19-1021 · Biochemists and Biophysicists	40	$80,100	+0.1%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute SOC 19-1029 · Biological Scientists, All Other	36	$80,584	+2.3%
Cedars Sinai Medical Center SOC 19-1029 · Biological Scientists, All Other	7	$70,886	-10%