Postdoctoral Associate visa sponsorship salary

Across 900 certified work-visa filings, the median wage for Postdoctoral Associate is $67,235. The middle half of filings fall between $62,369 and $71,532, and the top decile begins at $78,000. Classified under SOC 15-1252.00 (Software Developers).

Median

$67,235

25th pct

$62,369

75th pct

$71,532

90th pct

$78,000

Filings

900

$48,624$85,277

Who pays what for Postdoctoral Associate

Ranked by number of certified filings

Employer	Filings	25th	Median	75th
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	105	$67,040	$71,000	$71,500
Duke University	72	$62,884	$64,800	$68,236
Yale University	68	$67,656	$68,750	$70,115
University of Pittsburgh	66	$61,008	$62,400	$65,000
Cornell University	58	$61,008	$64,356	$72,925
University of Minnesota	41	$58,656	$61,008	$65,000
New York University	38	$65,822	$68,378	$74,140
Weill Cornell Medical College	34	$68,642	$71,972	$75,903
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	32	$61,229	$64,688	$68,053
The Broad Institute, Inc.	30	$73,120	$74,289	$81,335
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	29	$64,500	$67,270	$71,000
University of Florida	26	$57,438	$61,218	$65,480
University of Maryland, College Park	24	$62,275	$75,298	$83,341
Trustees of Boston University	23	$69,300	$71,000	$72,450
The Scripps Research Institute	21	$68,000	$68,640	$70,990
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	20	$61,428	$63,738	$66,492
Howard Hughes Medical Institute	19	$73,000	$76,426	$82,745
The Rockefeller University	19	$72,100	$74,263	$79,428
W.m. Rice University	19	$57,361	$61,550	$65,320
Research Foundation for the State University of New York	16	$61,286	$64,000	$65,765
Georgetown University	14	$65,400	$74,088	$87,075
University of Rochester	13	$57,000	$60,000	$60,965
Mississippi State University	12	$50,727	$52,635	$62,909
The University of Vermont	11	$61,008	$61,428	$61,999
Brandeis University	9	$64,356	$65,000	$66,300
Institute for Cancer Research	7	$70,430	$74,008	$74,008
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute	7	$64,480	$68,016	$69,014
The George Washington University	6	$67,161	$67,659	$71,579
Research Foundation of Suny at Buffalo	6	$60,013	$65,562	$73,010
State University of New York at Buffalo	6	$50,378	$57,062	$63,016
Florida International University	5	$56,534	$62,760	$67,500
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research	4	$74,970	$75,000	$75,000
The Jackson Laboratory	3	$63,301	$65,589	$65,589
The Research Foundation at SUNY Binghamton	3	$62,000	$62,000	$63,500
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago	3	$56,368	$56,368	$60,164
The Scintillon Institute	2	$75,587	$75,587	$75,587
Carnegie Mellon University	2	$75,000	$75,000	$75,000
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc.	2	$63,297	$64,794	$66,291
The Research Foundation for SUNY Albany	2	$62,006	$63,004	$64,002
Research Foundation for the State University of New York - Albany	2	$60,815	$61,995	$63,176
Virginia Commonwealth University	2	$60,000	$60,000	$60,000

Individual filings

Most recent certified determinations

Employer	Location	Wage	Level	Decided
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA	$67,076	—	Sep 30, 2025
University of Florida	St. Augustine, FL	$61,000	I	Sep 30, 2025
University of Maryland, College Park	College Park, MD	$62,115	I	Sep 30, 2025
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	New Brunswick, NJ	$63,968	—	Sep 30, 2025
Institute for Cancer Research	Philadelphia, PA	$87,330	I	Sep 30, 2025
New York University	New York, NY	$62,500	III	Sep 30, 2025
The George Washington University	Gaithersburg, MD	$84,601	III	Sep 29, 2025
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA	$71,000	I	Sep 29, 2025
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	New Brunswick, NJ	$65,886	—	Sep 29, 2025
The Jackson Laboratory	Bar Harbor, ME	$65,589	II	Sep 29, 2025
The Broad Institute, Inc.	Cambridge, MA	$90,000	I	Sep 29, 2025
Trustees of Boston University	Boston, MA	$71,000	I	Sep 26, 2025
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	New Brunswick, NJ	$68,816	—	Sep 26, 2025
Weill Cornell Medical College	New York, NY	$76,733	I	Sep 26, 2025
Duke University	Durham, NC	$67,419	I	Sep 26, 2025
Mississippi State University	Mississippi State, MS	$53,269	I	Sep 25, 2025
Georgetown University	Washington, DC	$63,000	I	Sep 25, 2025
New York University	New York, NY	$63,125	III	Sep 25, 2025
Brandeis University	Waltham, MA	$65,000	I	Sep 25, 2025
Yale University	New Haven, CT	$69,000	I	Sep 25, 2025
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	Newark, NJ	$66,818	—	Sep 24, 2025
Research Foundation for the State University of New York	Stony Brook, NY	$64,000	I	Sep 24, 2025
The Scripps Research Institute	La Jolla, CA	$68,000	I	Sep 23, 2025
University at Albany, State University of New York	Albany, NY	$80,000	—	Sep 23, 2025
The Florida State University	Tallahassee, FL	$61,000	I	Sep 23, 2025

Prevailing wage levels I through IV reflect the experience and responsibility the employer attested to, not seniority titles. A level I filing is an entry-level determination; level IV is fully competent and independent. Comparing across levels explains much of the spread between the 25th and 90th percentile above.