Postdoctoral Fellow salary at Harvard University

Based on 58 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $70,304. That is 8% above the $65,000 median across all employers filing this title.

Median

$70,304

25th pct

$67,600

75th pct

$73,000

90th pct

$81,996

Filings

$60,000$81,100

How Harvard University compares

Other employers filing Postdoctoral Fellow

Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
Emory University	74	$61,942	-12%
The Curators of the University of Missouri	62	$53,040	-25%
Harvard University	58	$70,304	—
NYU Grossman School of Medicine	55	$74,200	+6%
The University of Texas at Austin	52	$62,003	-12%
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	48	$70,950	+1%
Johns Hopkins University	48	$69,093	-2%
University of Maryland Baltimore	43	$64,356	-8%
Indiana University Indianapolis	41	$62,802	-11%
Georgia Institute of Technology	39	$64,356	-8%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	30	$80,378	+14%
University of Houston	26	$59,235	-16%
Clemson University	24	$60,000	-15%
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	22	$65,281	-7%
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies	19	$77,250	+10%
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	19	$70,000	-0%
Colorado State University	18	$63,678	-9%
Auburn University	18	$60,480	-14%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory	17	$74,300	+6%
University of Connecticut Health Center	17	$61,800	-12%
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute	15	$64,500	-8%
Indiana University	14	$62,660	-11%
BOR USGA obo Augusta University	13	$58,000	-18%
Genentech, Inc.	12	$86,934	+24%
City of Hope National Medical Center	10	$75,437	+7%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
Cambridge, MA	$73,000	$61,381	I	H-1B	Sep 24, 2025
Cambridge, MA	$72,800	$56,618	I	H-1B	Sep 18, 2025
Cambridge, MA	$67,600	$58,469	I	H-1B	Sep 10, 2025
Cambridge, MA	$84,794	$55,700	I	H-1B	Sep 9, 2025
Allston, MA	$70,000	$69,790	I	H-1B	Aug 25, 2025
Cambridge, MA	$70,350	$65,100	I	H-1B	Aug 15, 2025
Cambridge, MA	$70,304	$54,517	I	H-1B	Aug 11, 2025
Cambridge, MA	$70,304	$56,618	I	H-1B	Aug 6, 2025
Cambridge, MA	$68,556	$45,718	I	H-1B	Jul 31, 2025
Cambridge, MA	$68,760	$55,474	II	H-1B	Jul 23, 2025
Cambridge, MA	$68,500	$60,216	I	H-1B	Jul 17, 2025
Cambridge, MA	$66,080	$66,080	I	H-1B	Jul 17, 2025
Allston, MA	$73,000	$58,160	I	H-1B	Jul 17, 2025
Cambridge, MA	$66,950	$47,507	I	H-1B	Jul 17, 2025
Cambridge, MA	$70,000	$64,646	I	H-1B	Jul 17, 2025
Cambridge, MA	$74,880	$64,646	I	H-1B	Jul 17, 2025
Cambridge, MA	$70,304	$61,381	I	H-1B	Jul 15, 2025
Cambridge, MA	$79,083	$51,688	I	H-1B	Jul 1, 2025
Cambridge, MA	$67,600	$44,762	I	H-1B	Jun 12, 2025
Cambridge, MA	$72,500	$66,082	I	H-1B	May 21, 2025
Boston, MA	$63,063	$45,240	I	H-1B	May 16, 2025
Cambridge, MA	$67,600	$64,646	I	H-1B	May 16, 2025
Cambridge, MA	$82,100	$66,144	II	H-1B	May 12, 2025
Cambridge, MA	$82,100	$62,650	II	H-1B	May 12, 2025
Boston, MA	$60,000	$45,240	I	H-1B	Apr 25, 2025

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