Postdoctoral Research Associate salary at Purdue University

Based on 14 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $60,770. That is 4% below the $63,342 median across all employers filing this title.

Median

$60,770

25th pct

$54,939

75th pct

$64,154

90th pct

$67,100

Filings

$49,026$75,000

How Purdue 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	+4%
Triad National Security, LLC	73	$101,404	+67%
University of Illinois	55	$57,680	-5%
Texas A&M University	47	$55,370	-9%
University of Connecticut	43	$63,000	+4%
Iowa State University of Science and Technology	38	$58,656	-3%
Texas A&m Agrilife Research	35	$55,177	-9%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	31	$58,656	-3%
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	-1%
Northeastern University	15	$65,500	+8%
University of Utah	15	$65,000	+7%
Carnegie Mellon University	15	$61,008	+0%
Purdue University	14	$60,770	—
University of Oklahoma	14	$55,000	-9%
University of Georgia	13	$62,000	+2%
University of Illinois Chicago	12	$63,695	+5%
University of Georgia; OGE	11	$64,480	+6%
The University of Texas at Arlington	11	$60,000	-1%
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
West Lafayette, IN	$60,000	$57,117	I	H-1B	Sep 19, 2025
West Lafayette, IN	$68,000	$51,792	I	H-1B	Aug 22, 2025
West Lafayette, IN	$75,000	$53,206	I	H-1B	Aug 15, 2025
West Lafayette, IN	$54,433	$54,433	I	H-1B	Jul 21, 2025
West Lafayette, IN	$49,026	$49,026	I	H-1B	Jul 16, 2025
West Lafayette, IN	$54,433	$54,433	I	H-1B	Jun 17, 2025
West Lafayette, IN	$50,000	$40,082	I	H-1B	Jun 9, 2025
Batavia, IL	$65,000	$47,258	I	H-1B	Jun 6, 2025
West Lafayette, IN	$60,770	$40,082	I	H-1B	May 20, 2025
West Lafayette, IN	$60,770	$40,082	I	H-1B	May 13, 2025
West Lafayette, IN	$56,456	$40,082	I	H-1B	Apr 11, 2025
West Lafayette, IN	$61,117	$60,778	I	H-1B	Feb 7, 2025
West Lafayette, IN	$61,616	$51,834	I	H-1B	Dec 10, 2024
West Lafayette, IN	$65,000	$49,109	I	H-1B	Oct 21, 2024

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