Postdoctoral Scholar salary at University of California, Merced

Based on 9 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $71,769. That is 4% above the $69,209 median across all employers filing this title.

Median

$71,769

25th pct

$69,209

75th pct

$71,769

90th pct

$74,425

Filings

$69,209$74,425

How University of California, Merced compares

Other employers filing Postdoctoral Scholar

Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
University of California, San Francisco	129	$77,030	+7%
Northwestern University	101	$64,356	-10%
The University of Chicago	62	$64,356	-10%
University of California, Davis	61	$71,769	+0%
University of California, Los Angeles	58	$74,344	+4%
The Pennsylvania State University	42	$62,058	-14%
University of Washington	41	$76,491	+7%
University of California at Santa Barbara	31	$74,281	+4%
Oregon State University	31	$62,232	-13%
University of Chicago	26	$65,533	-9%
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center	25	$56,368	-21%
Oregon Health & Science University	24	$71,777	+0%
University of California, Irvine	23	$71,769	+0%
Case Western Reserve University	18	$65,424	-9%
California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory	15	$85,350	+19%
University of Kentucky	13	$61,008	-15%
The Florida State University	13	$58,000	-19%
University of California, Merced	9	$71,769	—
Tufts University	9	$69,000	-4%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside	6	$72,935	+2%
East Carolina University	5	$61,884	-14%
University of Nevada, Reno	5	$58,656	-18%
University of California, Santa Cruz	4	$74,605	+4%
Texas State University	4	$63,541	-11%
The University of Alabama at Birmingham	4	$57,317	-20%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
Merced, CA	$69,209	$69,209	—	H-1B	Aug 22, 2025
Merced, CA	$71,769	$71,769	—	H-1B	Jul 16, 2025
Merced, CA	$71,769	$71,769	—	H-1B	Jun 30, 2025
Merced, CA	$71,769	$71,769	—	H-1B	Jun 30, 2025
Merced, CA	$74,425	$74,425	—	H-1B	Apr 29, 2025
Merced, CA	$71,769	$71,769	—	H-1B	Apr 11, 2025
Merced, CA	$69,209	$69,209	—	H-1B	Apr 3, 2025
Merced, CA	$74,425	$74,425	—	H-1B	Dec 31, 2024
Merced, CA	$69,209	$69,209	—	H-1B	Oct 23, 2024

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