Post-Doctoral Associate H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists (SOC 19-1042).

Employers filed 156 wage applications for Post-Doctoral Associate jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 21 employers. The median offered wage was $64,356, 13.0% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. University of Maryland College Park filed the most (52, median $66,039).

Filings: 156
Positions covered: 155
Employers: 21
Median offered: $64,356
Median prevailing wage: $57,512
Filings since FY2020: 880
Median offer change since FY2020: +25%

Post-Doctoral Associate, all employers156 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$64,356Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$61,428 to $70,344Where the middle half of the filings fall

$57,512Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Post-Doctoral Associate jobs rose 25%, from $52,000 in fiscal 2020 to $65,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 14.9% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 170 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.

Post-Doctoral Associate by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	95	$65,000	+1.6%	$57,512	+14.9%
2025	170	$63,968	+0.3%	$56,368	+15.8%
2024	120	$63,807	+11.8%	$55,744	+14.3%
2023	152	$57,076	+1.9%	$50,000	+13.2%
2022	130	$55,991	+3.1%	$49,650	+19.3%
2021	92	$54,330	+4.5%	$44,262	+20.1%
2020	121	$52,000	n/a	$42,552	+19.9%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
University of Maryland College Park	52	$66,039	+11.8%
University of Miami	26	$65,738	+18.9%
University of Minnesota	20	$61,504	+11.1%
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	13	$64,356	+9.3%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	10	$74,795	+16.9%
University of Florida	9	$64,000	+23.4%
University of Pittsburgh	4	$62,232	+22.9%
Georgia State University	3	$57,500	+7.9%
Regents of the University of Minnesota	3	$70,344	+62.5%
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus	2	$55,310	at the minimum
New York University	2	$66,013	+9.0%
The University of Toledo	2	$63,753	+30.3%
The University of Vermont	2	$61,016	+25.2%
University of Rochester	1	$62,296	at the minimum
Duke University	1	$66,287	+4.1%
The Research Foundation for SUNY Upstate Medical University	1	$56,808	+0.8%
University of Central Florida	1	$60,000	+3.5%
Saint Louis University	1	$63,856	at the minimum
Florida International University	1	$63,036	+37.6%
The Research Foundation for SUNY Polytechnic Institute	1	$65,000	+6.6%
University of North Florida	1	$68,536	at the minimum

Where Post-Doctoral Associate jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
College Park, MD	44	$64,525	+9.3%
Miami, FL	22	$65,000	+20.3%
Minneapolis, MN	16	$62,116	+11.1%
Worcester, MA	13	$64,356	+9.3%
Gainesville, FL	8	$67,000	+27.4%
Piscataway, NJ	5	$73,106	+14.3%
St. Paul, MN	4	$60,504	+14.0%
Atlanta, GA	3	$57,500	+7.9%
Austin, MN	3	$70,344	+62.5%
Coral Gables, FL	3	$70,344	+3.3%
Gaithersburg, MD	3	$75,750	+13.0%
Newark, NJ	3	$70,668	+10.5%
Pittsburgh, PA	3	$62,232	+22.6%
Burlington, VT	2	$61,016	+25.2%
Greenbelt, MD	2	$83,220	+34.2%
New Brunswick, NJ	2	$85,000	+32.9%
Riverdale, MD	2	$84,425	+25.1%
Toledo, OH	2	$63,753	+30.3%
Brooklyn, NY	1	$64,063	+12.2%
Durham, NC	1	$66,287	+4.1%
Jacksonville, FL	1	$68,536	at the minimum
Jersey City, NJ	1	$78,000	+17.6%
Jupiter, FL	1	$61,008	+21.7%
Key Biscayne, FL	1	$89,335	+47.6%
Leesburg, VA	1	$62,232	+46.8%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry88%

Level II, qualified10%

Level III, experienced2%

Level IV, fully competent0%

The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.

What these numbers are

They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
7 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.