Postdoctoral Research Associate visa sponsorship salary

Across 991 certified work-visa filings, the median wage for Postdoctoral Research Associate is $63,342. The middle half of filings fall between $58,656 and $71,532, and the top decile begins at $84,000. Classified under SOC 19-2011.00 (Astronomers).

Median

$63,342

25th pct

$58,656

75th pct

$71,532

90th pct

$84,000

Filings

991

$40,800$90,846

Who pays what for Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ranked by number of certified filings

Employer	Filings	25th	Median	75th
The Trustees of Princeton University	113	$65,000	$67,000	$70,000
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	83	$72,529	$72,529	$72,530
Washington University	76	$61,428	$63,120	$65,089
Triad National Security, LLC	73	$99,029	$101,404	$105,486
University of Illinois	55	$54,130	$57,680	$62,671
Texas A&M University	47	$51,830	$55,370	$61,406
University of Connecticut	43	$61,498	$63,000	$65,000
Iowa State University of Science and Technology	38	$54,488	$58,656	$60,658
Texas A&m Agrilife Research	35	$53,498	$55,177	$60,000
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	31	$55,566	$58,656	$60,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	27	$63,367	$68,964	$71,740
W.m. Rice University	21	$60,000	$65,000	$75,000
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	19	$55,000	$58,000	$61,943
Washington State University	16	$53,212	$60,000	$61,571
Northeastern University	15	$61,302	$65,500	$79,082
University of Utah	15	$62,689	$65,000	$70,248
Carnegie Mellon University	15	$60,265	$61,008	$65,333
Purdue University	14	$54,939	$60,770	$64,154
University of Oklahoma	14	$50,887	$55,000	$61,500
University of Georgia	13	$57,649	$62,000	$68,000
University of Illinois Chicago	12	$61,152	$63,695	$64,517
University of Georgia; OGE	11	$60,000	$64,480	$68,840
The University of Texas at Arlington	11	$60,000	$60,000	$61,978
University of Nebraska Medical Center	11	$52,881	$57,300	$60,504
University of North Texas	11	$52,957	$55,848	$60,500
Texas Tech University	11	$48,000	$51,584	$60,000
University of Notre Dame du Lac	10	$62,769	$64,728	$68,133
New Jersey Institute of Technology	8	$62,001	$62,400	$67,072
University of Massachusetts Lowell	8	$58,500	$59,436	$61,715
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi	8	$53,975	$56,250	$58,125
University of Mississippi	7	$53,431	$60,000	$60,000
Georgia State University	7	$53,340	$59,280	$60,483
Baylor University	7	$47,500	$49,828	$54,627
Lehigh University	6	$54,500	$58,000	$62,895
Stowers Institute for Medical Research	5	$72,000	$72,000	$74,160
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	5	$63,600	$70,000	$79,300
New York Genome Center, Inc.	4	$91,197	$93,763	$95,644
The Washington University	4	$60,396	$63,214	$65,357
University of Rochester	4	$52,750	$53,770	$55,905
The Morgridge Institute For Research Inc.	3	$66,206	$67,411	$69,120
The Florida State University	3	$60,000	$60,000	$63,000
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University	3	$51,585	$53,560	$54,280
Rochester Institute of Technology	3	$52,799	$53,040	$53,123
Ut-battelle, LLC (oak Ridge National Laboratory)	2	$83,624	$85,096	$86,568
Molecular Epidemiology, Inc.	2	$77,969	$77,969	$77,969
The University of Southern California	2	$69,863	$73,525	$77,188
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station	2	$61,678	$72,357	$83,035
The University of Tulsa	2	$68,510	$69,020	$69,530
The Ohio University	2	$64,674	$66,116	$67,558
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	2	$62,379	$63,750	$65,121
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service	2	$61,250	$62,500	$63,750
Tarleton State University	2	$60,195	$60,389	$60,584
Virginia State University	2	$60,000	$60,000	$60,000
University of New Hampshire	2	$57,572	$59,394	$61,215
University of Minnesota	2	$59,000	$59,000	$59,000
Clark Atlanta University	2	$55,531	$58,021	$60,510
Regenerative Research Foundation	2	$56,368	$56,368	$56,368
University of Wyoming	2	$55,776	$55,807	$55,839
Central State University	2	$53,875	$54,250	$54,625

Individual filings

Most recent certified determinations

Employer	Location	Wage	Level	Decided
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	Lincoln, NE	$60,000	I	Sep 30, 2025
Triad National Security, LLC	Los Alamos, NM	$105,814	—	Sep 30, 2025
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	Memphis, TN	$72,530	I	Sep 29, 2025
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy, NY	$58,656	I	Sep 29, 2025
Washington University	St. Louis, MO	$65,700	I	Sep 29, 2025
The University of Tulsa	Tulsa, OK	$70,040	I	Sep 26, 2025
Washington University	St. Louis, MO	$63,120	I	Sep 26, 2025
Washington University	St. Louis, MO	$67,000	I	Sep 26, 2025
Washington University	St. Louis, MO	$63,120	I	Sep 26, 2025
University of Illinois	Urbana, IL	$62,941	I	Sep 25, 2025
University of Illinois	Urbana, IL	$90,230	I	Sep 25, 2025
University of Illinois	Urbana, IL	$55,000	I	Sep 25, 2025
University of Illinois	Urbana, IL	$62,400	I	Sep 25, 2025
University of Illinois	Urbana, IL	$65,562	I	Sep 25, 2025
Washington University	St. Louis, MO	$63,120	I	Sep 25, 2025
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS at El Paso	El Paso, TX	$55,370	I	Sep 25, 2025
University of North Texas	Denton, TX	$49,880	I	Sep 24, 2025
The Research Foundation at SUNY Binghamton	Vestal, NY	$62,000	I	Sep 24, 2025
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy, NY	$64,000	I	Sep 24, 2025
Texas A&m Agrilife Research	Temple, TX	$56,742	I	Sep 24, 2025
University of Oklahoma	Norman, OK	$65,000	I	Sep 24, 2025
The Trustees of Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	$71,261	I	Sep 24, 2025
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, NC	$56,712	I	Sep 23, 2025
Triad National Security, LLC	Los Alamos, NM	$99,029	—	Sep 23, 2025
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy, NY	$60,406	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.