Postdoctoral Researcher H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 287 wage applications for Postdoctoral Researcher jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 40 employers. The median offered wage was $67,000, 15.9% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. UT Southwestern Medical Center filed the most (89, median $66,276).

Filings: 287
Positions covered: 278
Employers: 40
Median offered: $67,000
Median prevailing wage: $56,472
Filings since FY2020: 1,632
Median offer change since FY2020: +22%

Postdoctoral Researcher, all employers287 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$67,000Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$61,428 to $70,905Where the middle half of the filings fall

$56,472Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Postdoctoral Researcher jobs rose 22%, from $54,756 in fiscal 2020 to $67,009 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 15.8% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 287 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 Researcher by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	210	$67,009	+1.5%	$56,618	+15.8%
2025	287	$66,000	+6.1%	$55,328	+13.4%
2024	240	$62,233	+5.5%	$53,706	+12.5%
2023	235	$58,980	+4.0%	$53,851	+11.0%
2022	199	$56,712	+0.8%	$48,194	+15.3%
2021	217	$56,264	+2.8%	$50,274	+12.4%
2020	244	$54,756	n/a	$50,107	+9.3%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
UT Southwestern Medical Center	89	$66,276	+30.5%
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	76	$69,864	+14.4%
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station	23	$57,699	+7.6%
Louisiana State University and A&M College	16	$57,538	+18.8%
The University of Kansas	9	$60,180	+11.2%
Syracuse University	7	$66,000	+0.5%
Meta Platforms, Inc	5	$173,000	+7.8%
Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.	5	$65,640	+16.8%
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research	5	$74,500	+21.4%
International Computer Science Institute	4	$79,934	at the minimum
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Office of International Affairs	4	$67,246	+21.5%
Prairie View A&M University	4	$59,359	+6.4%
University of Delaware	4	$66,003	+5.6%
Arc Research Institute	3	$80,000	+13.1%
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	2	$59,869	+0.2%
Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc.	2	$96,470	+46.4%
The University of Alabama	2	$62,666	+2.0%
Buck Institute for Research on Aging	2	$87,692	+2.7%
The Research Foundation at SUNY Binghamton	2	$59,176	at the minimum
LSU - Pennington Biomedical Research Center	2	$57,924	+11.0%
LSU Agricultural Center	2	$49,500	+8.2%
Oakland University	1	$62,587	at the minimum
Harvey Mudd College	1	$70,304	+10.5%
National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc	1	$92,872	+1.8%
Scripps College	1	$68,640	+7.9%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 40. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Postdoctoral Researcher jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Dallas, TX	92	$66,384	+30.2%
Philadelphia, PA	77	$69,864	+14.4%
College Station, TX	22	$57,600	+6.8%
Baton Rouge, LA	20	$57,000	+13.6%
Lawrence, KS	9	$60,180	+11.2%
Syracuse, NY	7	$66,000	+0.5%
Cambridge, MA	6	$74,500	+21.4%
Berkeley, CA	5	$79,934	at the minimum
Milwaukee, WI	5	$65,640	+16.8%
Prairie View, TX	4	$59,359	+6.4%
Newark, DE	3	$69,360	+9.1%
Menlo Park, CA	2	$205,000	+84.6%
New Orleans, LA	2	$58,700	+4.5%
Novato, CA	2	$87,692	+2.7%
Orlando, FL	2	$96,470	+46.4%
Palo Alto, CA	2	$80,000	+13.1%
Seattle, WA	2	$165,000	+7.8%
Socorro, NM	2	$59,869	+0.2%
Tuscaloosa, AL	2	$62,666	+2.0%
Ann Arbor, MI	1	$180,000	+19.7%
Austin, TX	1	$62,421	at the minimum
Binghamton, NY	1	$51,688	at the minimum
Bozeman, MT	1	$60,000	+19.4%
Brooklyn, NY	1	$80,000	+10.7%
Claremont, CA	1	$70,304	+10.5%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry92%

Level II, qualified5%

Level III, experienced3%

Level IV, fully competent1%

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.