Postdoctoral Scholar salary at The Pennsylvania State University

Based on 42 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $62,058. That is 10% below the $69,209 median across all employers filing this title.

Median

$62,058

25th pct

$61,008

75th pct

$67,476

90th pct

$69,896

Filings

$56,484$74,664

How The Pennsylvania State University compares

Other employers filing Postdoctoral Scholar

Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
University of California, San Francisco	129	$77,030	+24%
Northwestern University	101	$64,356	+4%
The University of Chicago	62	$64,356	+4%
University of California, Davis	61	$71,769	+16%
University of California, Los Angeles	58	$74,344	+20%
The Pennsylvania State University	42	$62,058	—
University of Washington	41	$76,491	+23%
University of California at Santa Barbara	31	$74,281	+20%
Oregon State University	31	$62,232	+0%
University of Chicago	26	$65,533	+6%
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center	25	$56,368	-9%
Oregon Health & Science University	24	$71,777	+16%
University of California, Irvine	23	$71,769	+16%
Case Western Reserve University	18	$65,424	+5%
California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory	15	$85,350	+38%
University of Kentucky	13	$61,008	-2%
The Florida State University	13	$58,000	-7%
University of California, Merced	9	$71,769	+16%
Tufts University	9	$69,000	+11%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside	6	$72,935	+18%
East Carolina University	5	$61,884	-0%
University of Nevada, Reno	5	$58,656	-5%
University of California, Santa Cruz	4	$74,605	+20%
Texas State University	4	$63,541	+2%
The University of Alabama at Birmingham	4	$57,317	-8%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
Hershey, PA	$67,475	$67,475	I	H-1B	Sep 23, 2025
University Park, PA	$61,008	$52,915	I	H-1B	Sep 23, 2025
University Park, PA	$62,232	$51,750	I	H-1B	Aug 28, 2025
University Park, PA	$61,008	$48,776	I	H-1B	Aug 20, 2025
University Park, PA	$61,008	$48,776	I	H-1B	Aug 20, 2025
University Park, PA	$61,884	$50,752	I	H-1B	Aug 12, 2025
University Park, PA	$63,448	$59,738	I	H-1B	Aug 8, 2025
University Park, PA	$71,892	$71,885	I	H-1B	Aug 6, 2025
Hershey, PA	$68,964	$67,475	I	H-1B	Aug 6, 2025
Hershey, PA	$64,356	$56,368	I	H-1B	Jul 28, 2025
Hershey, PA	$67,476	$67,475	I	H-1B	Jul 22, 2025
Woodberry Forest, VA	$62,652	$59,051	I	H-1B	Jul 16, 2025
University Park, PA	$68,004	$63,580	I	H-1B	Jul 15, 2025
University Park, PA	$66,504	$59,530	I	H-1B	Jun 17, 2025
Hershey, PA	$63,852	$56,368	I	H-1B	Jun 13, 2025
University Park, PA	$61,428	$57,366	I	H-1B	Jun 2, 2025
University Park, PA	$61,884	$51,688	I	H-1B	Jun 2, 2025
University Park, PA	$63,000	$50,045	I	H-1B	May 22, 2025
University Park, PA	$60,000	$50,045	I	H-1B	May 19, 2025
University Park, PA	$61,008	$48,859	I	H-1B	May 15, 2025
University Park, PA	$74,664	$60,778	I	H-1B	May 8, 2025
Hershey, PA	$68,964	$56,368	I	H-1B	May 8, 2025
University Park, PA	$58,764	$51,688	I	H-1B	Apr 1, 2025
University Park, PA	$59,376	$50,149	I	H-1B	Mar 17, 2025
University Park, PA	$61,884	$51,688	I	H-1B	Mar 14, 2025

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