Postdoctoral Scholar salary at University of Chicago

Based on 26 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $65,533. That is 5% below the $69,209 median across all employers filing this title.

Median: $65,533
25th pct: $63,000
75th pct: $74,375
90th pct: $77,760
Filings: 26

How University of Chicago compares

Other employers filing Postdoctoral Scholar

Employers filing Postdoctoral Scholar, compared with University of Chicago
Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
University of California, San Francisco	129	$77,030	+18%
Northwestern University	101	$64,356	-2%
The University of Chicago	62	$64,356	-2%
University of California, Davis	61	$71,769	+10%
University of California, Los Angeles	58	$74,344	+13%
The Pennsylvania State University	42	$62,058	-5%
University of Washington	41	$76,491	+17%
University of California at Santa Barbara	31	$74,281	+13%
Oregon State University	31	$62,232	-5%
University of Chicago	26	$65,533	—
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center	25	$56,368	-14%
Oregon Health & Science University	24	$71,777	+10%
University of California, Irvine	23	$71,769	+10%
Case Western Reserve University	18	$65,424	-0%
California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory	15	$85,350	+30%
University of Kentucky	13	$61,008	-7%
The Florida State University	13	$58,000	-11%
University of California, Merced	9	$71,769	+10%
Tufts University	9	$69,000	+5%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside	6	$72,935	+11%
East Carolina University	5	$61,884	-6%
University of Nevada, Reno	5	$58,656	-10%
University of California, Santa Cruz	4	$74,605	+14%
Texas State University	4	$63,541	-3%
The University of Alabama at Birmingham	4	$57,317	-13%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Certified Postdoctoral Scholar filings at University of Chicago
Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
Chicago, IL	$81,997	$63,565	I	H-1B	Sep 26, 2025
Chicago, IL	$78,000	$65,520	I	H-1B	Sep 23, 2025
Chicago, IL	$65,520	$59,467	I	H-1B	Sep 15, 2025
Chicago, IL	$65,520	$65,520	I	H-1B	Sep 4, 2025
Chicago, IL	$68,340	$65,520	I	H-1B	Sep 4, 2025
Chicago, IL	$65,650	$65,520	I	H-1B	Aug 19, 2025
Chicago, IL	$77,126	$77,126	I	H-1B	Jul 16, 2025
Chicago, IL	$63,000	$40,082	I	H-1B	Jun 27, 2025
Chicago, IL	$65,000	$60,528	I	H-1B	May 30, 2025
Chicago, IL	$76,364	$47,258	I	H-1B	May 30, 2025
Chicago, IL	$65,000	$40,082	I	H-1B	May 7, 2025
Chicago, IL	$61,618	$40,082	I	H-1B	Apr 30, 2025
Chicago, IL	$72,500	$58,843	I	H-1B	Apr 28, 2025
Chicago, IL	$67,109	$40,082	I	H-1B	Apr 8, 2025
Chicago, IL	$61,008	$40,082	I	H-1B	Mar 21, 2025
Chicago, IL	$61,618	$40,082	I	H-1B	Mar 19, 2025
Chicago, IL	$63,000	$40,082	I	H-1B	Mar 19, 2025
Chicago, IL	$65,545	$40,082	I	H-1B	Mar 14, 2025
Chicago, IL	$64,670	$40,082	I	H-1B	Mar 14, 2025
Chicago, IL	$68,000	$47,258	I	H-1B	Feb 28, 2025
Chicago, IL	$77,520	$47,258	I	H-1B	Jan 30, 2025
Chicago, IL	$61,200	$40,082	I	H-1B	Dec 19, 2024
Chicago, IL	$61,200	$40,082	I	H-1B	Dec 12, 2024
Chicago, IL	$61,008	$40,082	I	H-1B	Dec 10, 2024
Chicago, IL	$75,000	$42,890	I	H-1B	Nov 26, 2024

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