Postdoctoral Scholar salary at California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Based on 15 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $85,350. That is 23% above the $69,209 median across all employers filing this title.

Median

$85,350

25th pct

$83,680

75th pct

$86,880

90th pct

$86,880

Filings

$78,880$91,680

How California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory compares

Other employers filing Postdoctoral Scholar

Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
University of California, San Francisco	129	$77,030	-10%
Northwestern University	101	$64,356	-25%
The University of Chicago	62	$64,356	-25%
University of California, Davis	61	$71,769	-16%
University of California, Los Angeles	58	$74,344	-13%
The Pennsylvania State University	42	$62,058	-27%
University of Washington	41	$76,491	-10%
University of California at Santa Barbara	31	$74,281	-13%
Oregon State University	31	$62,232	-27%
University of Chicago	26	$65,533	-23%
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center	25	$56,368	-34%
Oregon Health & Science University	24	$71,777	-16%
University of California, Irvine	23	$71,769	-16%
Case Western Reserve University	18	$65,424	-23%
California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory	15	$85,350	—
University of Kentucky	13	$61,008	-29%
The Florida State University	13	$58,000	-32%
University of California, Merced	9	$71,769	-16%
Tufts University	9	$69,000	-19%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside	6	$72,935	-15%
East Carolina University	5	$61,884	-27%
University of Nevada, Reno	5	$58,656	-31%
University of California, Santa Cruz	4	$74,605	-13%
Texas State University	4	$63,541	-26%
The University of Alabama at Birmingham	4	$57,317	-33%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
Pasadena, CA	$121,160	$96,387	III	H-1B	Sep 10, 2025
Pasadena, CA	$86,880	$56,597	I	H-1B	Sep 4, 2025
Pasadena, CA	$86,880	$78,125	I	H-1B	Aug 27, 2025
Las Vegas, NV	$86,880	$56,618	I	H-1B	Jul 30, 2025
Pasadena, CA	$86,880	$56,597	I	H-1B	Jul 23, 2025
Pasadena, CA	$86,880	$63,232	I	H-1B	Jun 26, 2025
Pasadena, CA	$85,350	$72,862	I	H-1B	Jun 12, 2025
Pasadena, CA	$82,180	$64,750	I	H-1B	Jun 5, 2025
Pasadena, CA	$61,984	$50,274	I	H-1B	Jun 4, 2025
Pasadena, CA	$85,180	$60,507	I	H-1B	Jun 4, 2025
Pasadena, CA	$85,180	$56,472	I	H-1B	Jun 4, 2025
Pasadena, CA	$86,880	$74,755	I	H-1B	May 1, 2025
Pasadena, CA	$82,180	$70,907	I	H-1B	Jan 23, 2025
Pasadena, CA	$82,180	$63,232	I	H-1B	Dec 4, 2024
Pasadena, CA	$85,180	$78,042	I	H-1B	Nov 12, 2024

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