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

$61,008$81,997

How University of Chicago compares

Other employers filing Postdoctoral Scholar

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

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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