Postdoctoral Research Fellow salary at Harvard University

Based on 12 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $76,000. That is 20% above the $63,120 median across all employers filing this title.

Median

$76,000

25th pct

$71,874

75th pct

$82,625

90th pct

$89,600

Filings

$56,056$98,751

How Harvard University compares

Other employers filing Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
University of Michigan	201	$62,232	-18%
Johns Hopkins University	87	$65,935	-13%
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	28	$62,112	-18%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	19	$77,976	+3%
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	14	$61,008	-20%
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	13	$61,008	-20%
Harvard University	12	$76,000	—
George Mason University	11	$77,999	+3%
The Trustees of Princeton University	7	$73,200	-4%
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	7	$57,956	-24%
North Dakota State University	7	$53,100	-30%
Colorado Seminary	5	$56,597	-26%
Brigham and Women's Hospital	3	$71,406	-6%
Boston College	3	$67,626	-11%
HMH Hospitals Corporation	3	$63,120	-17%
Marquette University	3	$62,000	-18%
Children's National Medical Center	3	$60,923	-20%
New York Blood Center	2	$81,884	+8%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home	2	$67,109	-12%
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	2	$66,810	-12%
LSU - Pennington Biomedical Research Center	2	$61,008	-20%
University of Mississippi Medical Center	2	$58,746	-23%
University of Rhode Island	2	$58,618	-23%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
Boston, MA	$76,000	$56,638	I	H-1B	Aug 5, 2025
Boston, MA	$76,000	$56,638	I	H-1B	Jul 1, 2025
Boston, MA	$77,500	$57,138	I	H-1B	May 16, 2025
Cambridge, MA	$90,000	$58,968	I	H-1B	May 5, 2025
Cambridge, MA	$81,500	$56,597	I	H-1B	Apr 23, 2025
Boston, MA	$72,665	$56,638	I	H-1B	Jan 30, 2025
Boston, MA	$56,056	$45,344	I	H-1B	Dec 19, 2024
Boston, MA	$104,000	$73,611	III	H-1B	Dec 12, 2024
Boston, MA	$86,000	$51,688	I	H-1B	Dec 9, 2024
Boston, MA	$75,000	$60,528	I	H-1B	Oct 25, 2024
Boston, MA	$69,502	$51,688	I	H-1B	Oct 3, 2024
Boston, MA	$68,223	$60,528	I	H-1B	Oct 1, 2024

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