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Postdoctoral Fellow visa sponsorship salary

Across 1,068 certified work-visa filings, the median wage for Postdoctoral Fellow is $65,000. The middle half of filings fall between $60,000 and $72,800, and the top decile begins at $78,000. Classified under SOC 19-1029.00 (Biological Scientists, All Other).

This is one of many job titles filed under Molecular and Cellular Biologists. That page pools every variant, so its figures rest on far more filings than this one.

Median
$65,000
25th pct
$60,000
75th pct
$72,800
90th pct
$78,000
Filings
1,068

Who pays what for Postdoctoral Fellow

Ranked by number of certified filings

Employers filing Postdoctoral Fellow, with wage percentiles
EmployerFilings25thMedian75th
Emory University74$60,252$61,942$65,831
The Curators of the University of Missouri62$48,859$53,040$56,607
Harvard University58$67,600$70,304$73,000
NYU Grossman School of Medicine55$72,384$74,200$78,000
The University of Texas at Austin52$59,362$62,003$69,340
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center48$67,900$70,950$74,200
Johns Hopkins University48$64,636$69,093$72,000
University of Maryland Baltimore43$61,428$64,356$70,553
Indiana University Indianapolis41$61,008$62,802$66,492
Georgia Institute of Technology39$59,012$64,356$71,750
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai30$79,205$80,378$82,031
University of Houston26$54,826$59,235$63,626
Clemson University24$56,675$60,000$65,000
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund22$57,276$65,281$69,660
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies19$74,588$77,250$79,019
Albert Einstein College of Medicine19$68,000$70,000$73,632
Colorado State University18$60,000$63,678$65,404
Auburn University18$58,802$60,480$64,964
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory17$70,000$74,300$74,300
University of Connecticut Health Center17$61,008$61,800$68,964
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute15$64,058$64,500$65,627
Indiana University14$56,363$62,660$77,994
BOR USGA obo Augusta University13$56,368$58,000$58,784
Genentech, Inc.12$85,197$86,934$98,429
City of Hope National Medical Center10$72,412$75,437$76,285
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope10$70,897$72,682$74,047
Northwestern University9$59,322$61,992$66,000
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley9$47,000$48,880$55,000
Van Andel Research Institute8$73,500$76,000$77,000
Carnegie Mellon University8$67,288$70,000$71,250
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, INC.8$66,420$69,805$70,450
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center8$63,738$65,292$67,000
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center7$63,004$69,000$76,002
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans7$61,008$61,844$65,292
Georgetown University7$58,500$61,572$65,975
The University of Alabama at Birmingham7$55,750$56,659$59,142
Virginia Commonwealth University6$59,426$59,713$62,636
University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture6$49,088$54,887$60,000
University of South Carolina6$41,808$48,404$58,750
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)5$77,000$77,000$77,000
University of Cincinnati5$53,000$58,350$60,000
Saint Louis University4$63,649$68,190$69,916
The University of Kansas Medical Center4$64,499$64,750$65,000
University of Texas Medical Branch4$61,770$63,120$64,890
University of North Carolina at Charlotte4$55,096$58,398$60,000
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis4$56,073$57,242$58,445
The University of Toledo4$52,915$53,520$55,971
Schrodinger, Inc.3$83,500$90,000$90,001
The Henry M Jackson Foundation3$70,000$76,000$458,000
University of Colorado Denver3$62,171$70,803$70,803
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia3$60,828$64,356$64,356
Stevens Institute of Technology3$59,998$62,462$63,331
University of Utah3$62,116$62,232$71,364
Fordham University3$62,214$62,214$63,285
The University of Texas at San Antonio3$59,872$61,884$66,885
Washington University3$60,714$61,428$63,214
Southern Methodist University3$60,000$60,000$63,000
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.3$59,600$59,600$59,600
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$93,687$94,392$95,096
Chapman University2$75,280$76,201$77,121

Individual filings

Most recent certified determinations

Recent certified Postdoctoral Fellow filings, with wage and level
EmployerLocationWageLevelDecided
Indiana UniversityBloomington, IN$55,000ISep 30, 2025
Indiana University IndianapolisIndianapolis, IN$68,964ISep 30, 2025
Beckman Research Institute of the City of HopeDuarte, CA$70,720ISep 30, 2025
University of LouisvilleLouisville, KY$61,800ISep 30, 2025
The Curators of the University of MissouriColumbia, MO$61,273ISep 30, 2025
Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD$72,960ISep 29, 2025
Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD$71,532ISep 29, 2025
BOR USGA obo Augusta UniversityAugusta, GA$57,686ISep 26, 2025
Colorado State UniversityFort Collins, CO$66,900ISep 26, 2025
The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX$69,978ISep 26, 2025
The Methodist Hospital Research InstituteHouston, TX$66,276ISep 26, 2025
The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, TX$60,000ISep 26, 2025
The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX$58,744ISep 26, 2025
University of Maryland BaltimoreNorth Bethesda, MD$62,652ISep 26, 2025
The Curators of the University of MissouriColumbia, MO$68,500ISep 26, 2025
The Curators of the University of MissouriColumbia, MO$58,302ISep 26, 2025
NYU Grossman School of MedicineNew York, NY$73,730ISep 25, 2025
University of Connecticut Health CenterFarmington, CT$68,964—Sep 25, 2025
Beckman Research Institute of the City of HopeDuarte, CA$74,322ISep 25, 2025
Saint Louis UniversitySaint Louis, MO$55,120IISep 24, 2025
Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, NJ$62,462ISep 24, 2025
The Curators of the University of MissouriColumbia, MO$60,000ISep 24, 2025
Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA$73,000ISep 24, 2025
Administrators of the Tulane Educational FundNew Orleans, LA$70,000ISep 24, 2025
The Salk Institute for Biological StudiesLa Jolla, CA$87,550ISep 24, 2025

The DOL publishes new filings quarterly. One email per release, nothing else.

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.