Postdoctoral Research Scholar H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 152 wage applications for Postdoctoral Research Scholar jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 11 employers. The median offered wage was $65,000, 11.9% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Arizona State University filed the most (50, median $64,400).

Filings: 152
Positions covered: 145
Employers: 11
Median offered: $65,000
Median prevailing wage: $57,949
Filings since FY2020: 766
Median offer change since FY2020: +23%

Postdoctoral Research Scholar, all employers152 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

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

$61,500 to $69,000Where the middle half of the filings fall

$57,949Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Postdoctoral Research Scholar jobs rose 23%, from $52,986 in fiscal 2020 to $65,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 13.1% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 139 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 Scholar by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	107	$65,000	+4.4%	$58,490	+13.1%
2025	139	$62,232	+3.7%	$56,691	+9.3%
2024	115	$60,000	+6.0%	$53,924	+9.5%
2023	116	$56,599	+3.2%	$49,744	+14.5%
2022	99	$54,840	+2.0%	$50,773	+9.8%
2021	99	$53,775	+1.5%	$48,402	+12.2%
2020	91	$52,986	n/a	$46,780	+13.4%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Arizona State University	50	$64,400	+16.3%
North Carolina State University	45	$60,000	+11.4%
The University of Iowa	26	$65,050	+15.2%
Vanderbilt University	19	$67,375	+10.7%
Columbia University	3	$79,583	+3.0%
University of Nevada, Reno	2	$70,814	at the minimum
University of South Florida	2	$65,000	+14.5%
Saint Louis University	2	$67,018	at the minimum
Michigan Technological University	1	$61,027	at the minimum
Kent State University	1	$56,484	+14.2%

Showing the 10 employers with the most filings of 11. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Postdoctoral Research Scholar jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Tempe, AZ	46	$64,400	+16.3%
Raleigh, NC	44	$60,500	+11.5%
Iowa City, IA	25	$65,640	+15.6%
Nashville, TN	19	$67,375	+10.7%
New York, NY	3	$79,583	+3.0%
Mesa, AZ	2	$61,504	+8.2%
Reno, NV	2	$70,814	at the minimum
St. Louis, MO	2	$67,018	at the minimum
Cicero, NY	1	$65,000	+6.5%
Houghton, MI	1	$61,027	at the minimum
Kannapolis, NC	1	$58,656	+4.4%
Kent, OH	1	$56,484	+14.2%
Lansing, MI	1	$67,600	+63.9%
Phoenix, AZ	1	$65,000	+13.1%
St. Petersburg, FL	1	$65,000	+22.4%
Seattle, WA	1	$62,232	+3.6%
Warrington, PA	1	$92,000	at the minimum

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.
5 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.