Postdoctoral Fellow salary at Northwestern University

Based on 9 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $61,992. That is 5% below the $65,000 median across all employers filing this title.

Median

$61,992

25th pct

$59,322

75th pct

$66,000

90th pct

$72,000

Filings

$53,498$76,017

How Northwestern University compares

Other employers filing Postdoctoral Fellow

Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
Emory University	74	$61,942	-0%
The Curators of the University of Missouri	62	$53,040	-14%
Harvard University	58	$70,304	+13%
NYU Grossman School of Medicine	55	$74,200	+20%
The University of Texas at Austin	52	$62,003	+0%
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	48	$70,950	+14%
Johns Hopkins University	48	$69,093	+11%
University of Maryland Baltimore	43	$64,356	+4%
Indiana University Indianapolis	41	$62,802	+1%
Georgia Institute of Technology	39	$64,356	+4%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	30	$80,378	+30%
University of Houston	26	$59,235	-4%
Clemson University	24	$60,000	-3%
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	22	$65,281	+5%
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies	19	$77,250	+25%
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	19	$70,000	+13%
Colorado State University	18	$63,678	+3%
Auburn University	18	$60,480	-2%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory	17	$74,300	+20%
University of Connecticut Health Center	17	$61,800	-0%
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute	15	$64,500	+4%
Indiana University	14	$62,660	+1%
BOR USGA obo Augusta University	13	$58,000	-6%
Genentech, Inc.	12	$86,934	+40%
City of Hope National Medical Center	10	$75,437	+22%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
Chicago, IL	$59,879	$44,262	I	H-1B	May 22, 2025
Chicago, IL	$70,000	$60,778	I	H-1B	May 8, 2025
Chicago, IL	$61,992	$59,717	I	H-1B	Jan 20, 2025
Chicago, IL	$61,992	$47,507	I	H-1B	Jan 20, 2025
Chicago, IL	$59,322	$59,322	I	H-1B	Dec 13, 2024
Chicago, IL	$56,484	$48,381	I	H-1B	Dec 12, 2024
Evanston, IL	$53,498	$53,498	—	H-1B	Dec 11, 2024
Evanston, IL	$80,000	$60,778	I	H-1B	Nov 26, 2024
Chicago, IL	$66,000	$48,381	I	H-1B	Nov 12, 2024

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