Postdoctoral Research Associate salary at Carnegie Mellon University

Based on 15 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $61,008. That is 4% below the $63,342 median across all employers filing this title.

Median

$61,008

25th pct

$60,265

75th pct

$65,333

90th pct

$67,097

Filings

$57,033$70,000

How Carnegie Mellon University compares

Other employers filing Postdoctoral Research Associate

Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
The Trustees of Princeton University	113	$67,000	+10%
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	83	$72,529	+19%
Washington University	76	$63,120	+3%
Triad National Security, LLC	73	$101,404	+66%
University of Illinois	55	$57,680	-5%
Texas A&M University	47	$55,370	-9%
University of Connecticut	43	$63,000	+3%
Iowa State University of Science and Technology	38	$58,656	-4%
Texas A&m Agrilife Research	35	$55,177	-10%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	31	$58,656	-4%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	27	$68,964	+13%
W.m. Rice University	21	$65,000	+7%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	19	$58,000	-5%
Washington State University	16	$60,000	-2%
Northeastern University	15	$65,500	+7%
University of Utah	15	$65,000	+7%
Carnegie Mellon University	15	$61,008	—
Purdue University	14	$60,770	-0%
University of Oklahoma	14	$55,000	-10%
University of Georgia	13	$62,000	+2%
University of Illinois Chicago	12	$63,695	+4%
University of Georgia; OGE	11	$64,480	+6%
The University of Texas at Arlington	11	$60,000	-2%
University of Nebraska Medical Center	11	$57,300	-6%
University of North Texas	11	$55,848	-8%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
Pittsburgh, PA	$67,829	$67,829	I	H-1B	Sep 12, 2025
Pittsburgh, PA	$57,033	$34,445	I	H-1B	Sep 8, 2025
Pittsburgh, PA	$57,117	$57,117	I	H-1B	Sep 2, 2025
Pittsburgh, PA	$70,000	$61,589	I	H-1B	Jun 27, 2025
Pittsburgh, PA	$61,000	$51,355	I	H-1B	Jun 13, 2025
Pittsburgh, PA	$61,000	$51,355	I	H-1B	Jun 6, 2025
Pittsburgh, PA	$62,000	$56,368	I	H-1B	Apr 18, 2025
Pittsburgh, PA	$58,656	$35,568	I	H-1B	Apr 7, 2025
Pittsburgh, PA	$65,000	$56,368	I	H-1B	Mar 14, 2025
Pittsburgh, PA	$65,000	$56,368	I	H-1B	Mar 3, 2025
Pittsburgh, PA	$61,000	$51,355	I	H-1B	Dec 31, 2024
Pittsburgh, PA	$61,008	$53,206	I	H-1B	Nov 4, 2024
Pittsburgh, PA	$66,000	$65,666	I	H-1B	Nov 4, 2024
Pittsburgh, PA	$65,666	$65,666	I	H-1B	Oct 24, 2024
Pittsburgh, PA	$59,530	$59,530	I	H-1B	Oct 7, 2024

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