SponsorWage

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).

Median
$65,000
25th pct
$60,000
75th pct
$72,800
90th pct
$78,000
Filings
1,068
$40,800$92,000

Who pays what for Postdoctoral Fellow

Ranked by number of certified filings

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

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.