Postdoctoral Research Fellow H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 479 wage applications for Postdoctoral Research Fellow jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 41 employers. The median offered wage was $65,000, 14.2% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. University of Michigan filed the most (231, median $63,480).

Filings: 479
Positions covered: 473
Employers: 41
Median offered: $65,000
Median prevailing wage: $56,389
Filings since FY2020: 2,625
Median offer change since FY2020: +24%

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, all employers479 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$65,000Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$62,232 to $70,344Where the middle half of the filings fall

$56,389Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Postdoctoral Research Fellow jobs rose 24%, from $53,076 in fiscal 2020 to $65,640 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 13.9% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2023, with 471 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.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	351	$65,640	+4.2%	$57,013	+13.9%
2025	437	$63,000	+3.3%	$56,202	+14.0%
2024	432	$61,008	+6.3%	$53,040	+15.7%
2023	471	$57,366	+3.9%	$48,339	+17.1%
2022	343	$55,227	+1.2%	$47,056	+15.8%
2021	326	$54,549	+2.8%	$46,987	+17.8%
2020	265	$53,076	n/a	$44,158	+20.3%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
University of Michigan	231	$63,480	+14.9%
Johns Hopkins University	84	$68,602	+11.2%
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	24	$66,492	+20.4%
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.	18	$69,084	+4.1%
Harvard University	16	$72,167	+18.9%
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	15	$62,200	+10.7%
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	12	$64,380	+15.3%
George Mason University	11	$79,569	+9.3%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	7	$80,000	+18.8%
HMH Hospitals Corporation	5	$65,749	+0.2%
The Trustees of Princeton University	5	$71,500	+22.4%
North Dakota State University	4	$54,426	+5.1%
Wake Forest University	4	$53,310	at the minimum
Boston College	4	$70,210	+9.0%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home	3	$73,141	+9.9%
The College of William and Mary	3	$61,500	+21.0%
Tufts Medical Center, Inc.	3	$65,000	+10.9%
Brigham and Women's Hospital	3	$71,406	at the minimum
University of Oklahoma	3	$53,543	+6.8%
San Diego State University	2	$65,004	+84.9%
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	2	$68,145	+43.8%
Delaware State University	1	$62,000	+13.7%
University of Southern Mississippi	1	$60,500	+16.9%
The University of Toledo	1	$52,135	+6.5%
University of Massachusetts Boston	1	$66,389	+8.2%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 41. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Postdoctoral Research Fellow jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Ann Arbor, MI	223	$63,480	+15.3%
Baltimore, MD	83	$68,599	+11.2%
Boston, MA	41	$70,040	+10.5%
Houston, TX	24	$66,492	+20.4%
Oklahoma City, OK	15	$62,200	+10.7%
San Antonio, TX	12	$64,380	+15.3%
Fairfax, VA	8	$82,405	+16.4%
Seattle, WA	7	$80,000	+18.8%
Dearborn, MI	5	$63,000	+7.0%
Princeton, NJ	5	$71,500	+22.4%
Fargo, ND	4	$54,426	+5.1%
Nutley, NJ	4	$65,830	+0.1%
Winston Salem, NC	4	$53,310	at the minimum
Chestnut Hill, MA	3	$71,441	+5.0%
Flint, MI	3	$60,000	+2.0%
Norman, OK	3	$53,543	+6.8%
Omaha, NE	3	$67,109	+7.1%
Williamsburg, VA	3	$61,500	+21.0%
Charlotte, NC	2	$60,846	+7.7%
Philadelphia, PA	2	$68,145	+43.8%
San Diego, CA	2	$65,004	+84.9%
Boise, ID	1	$61,006	+14.5%
Boys Town, NE	1	$73,141	+9.9%
Braintree, MA	1	$69,180	+12.7%
Charlestown, MA	1	$71,406	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry96%

Level II, qualified2%

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.
6 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.