Postdoctoral Scholar salary at Northwestern University

Based on 101 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $64,356. That is 7% below the $69,209 median across all employers filing this title.

Median

$64,356

25th pct

$61,008

75th pct

$68,574

90th pct

$75,000

Filings

101

$56,484$79,923

How Northwestern University compares

Other employers filing Postdoctoral Scholar

Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
University of California, San Francisco	129	$77,030	+20%
Northwestern University	101	$64,356	—
The University of Chicago	62	$64,356	+0%
University of California, Davis	61	$71,769	+12%
University of California, Los Angeles	58	$74,344	+16%
The Pennsylvania State University	42	$62,058	-4%
University of Washington	41	$76,491	+19%
University of California at Santa Barbara	31	$74,281	+15%
Oregon State University	31	$62,232	-3%
University of Chicago	26	$65,533	+2%
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center	25	$56,368	-12%
Oregon Health & Science University	24	$71,777	+12%
University of California, Irvine	23	$71,769	+12%
Case Western Reserve University	18	$65,424	+2%
California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory	15	$85,350	+33%
University of Kentucky	13	$61,008	-5%
The Florida State University	13	$58,000	-10%
University of California, Merced	9	$71,769	+12%
Tufts University	9	$69,000	+7%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside	6	$72,935	+13%
East Carolina University	5	$61,884	-4%
University of Nevada, Reno	5	$58,656	-9%
University of California, Santa Cruz	4	$74,605	+16%
Texas State University	4	$63,541	-1%
The University of Alabama at Birmingham	4	$57,317	-11%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
Chicago, IL	$67,925	$62,150	I	H-1B	Sep 24, 2025
Chicago, IL	$74,088	$56,368	I	H-1B	Sep 24, 2025
Chicago, IL	$66,492	$63,960	I	H-1B	Sep 24, 2025
Evanston, IL	$61,008	$57,117	I	H-1B	Sep 19, 2025
Chicago, IL	$827,568	$63,960	I	H-1B	Sep 18, 2025
Evanston, IL	$78,000	$56,618	I	H-1B	Sep 18, 2025
Evanston, IL	$61,008	$57,117	I	H-1B	Sep 17, 2025
Chicago, IL	$63,960	$63,960	I	H-1B	Sep 16, 2025
Chicago, IL	$84,999	$63,960	I	H-1B	Sep 10, 2025
Chicago, IL	$65,640	$63,960	I	H-1B	Sep 10, 2025
Chicago, IL	$63,000	$58,926	I	H-1B	Sep 10, 2025
Evanston, IL	$77,210	$58,926	I	H-1B	Aug 28, 2025
Evanston, IL	$60,000	$53,040	I	H-1B	Aug 25, 2025
Evanston, IL	$75,000	$51,750	I	H-1B	Aug 20, 2025
Chicago, IL	$63,960	$63,960	I	H-1B	Aug 19, 2025
Chicago, IL	$74,008	$56,368	I	H-1B	Aug 12, 2025
Chicago, IL	$74,088	$56,368	I	H-1B	Aug 12, 2025
Evanston, IL	$75,000	$65,520	I	H-1B	Aug 6, 2025
Evanston, IL	$70,000	$51,750	I	H-1B	Aug 6, 2025
Chicago, IL	$66,492	$63,960	I	H-1B	Jul 9, 2025
Evanston, IL	$66,884	$40,082	I	H-1B	Jul 3, 2025
Evanston, IL	$66,884	$40,082	I	H-1B	Jul 3, 2025
Chicago, IL	$63,360	$59,322	I	H-1B	Jul 1, 2025
Chicago, IL	$65,000	$58,843	I	H-1B	Jul 1, 2025
Evanston, IL	$61,884	$40,082	I	H-1B	Jun 25, 2025

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