Postdoctoral Scholar visa sponsorship salary

Across 790 certified work-visa filings, the median wage for Postdoctoral Scholar is $69,209. The middle half of filings fall between $62,878 and $75,000, and the top decile begins at $80,034. Classified under SOC 19-1021.00 (Biochemists and Biophysicists).

Median

$69,209

25th pct

$62,878

75th pct

$75,000

90th pct

$80,034

Filings

790

$47,258$93,183

Who pays what for Postdoctoral Scholar

Ranked by number of certified filings

Employer	Filings	25th	Median	75th
University of California, San Francisco	129	$74,160	$77,030	$80,034
Northwestern University	101	$61,008	$64,356	$68,574
The University of Chicago	62	$61,113	$64,356	$69,750
University of California, Davis	61	$69,209	$71,769	$74,425
University of California, Los Angeles	58	$67,053	$74,344	$77,179
The Pennsylvania State University	42	$61,008	$62,058	$67,476
University of Washington	41	$69,829	$76,491	$80,652
University of California at Santa Barbara	31	$71,510	$74,281	$78,064
Oregon State University	31	$61,008	$62,232	$66,342
University of Chicago	26	$63,000	$65,533	$74,375
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center	25	$53,925	$56,368	$60,000
Oregon Health & Science University	24	$67,319	$71,777	$76,388
University of California, Irvine	23	$69,209	$71,769	$74,497
Case Western Reserve University	18	$61,884	$65,424	$69,999
California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory	15	$83,680	$85,350	$86,880
University of Kentucky	13	$55,000	$61,008	$61,884
The Florida State University	13	$56,880	$58,000	$62,878
University of California, Merced	9	$69,209	$71,769	$71,769
Tufts University	9	$62,040	$69,000	$75,352
Regents of the University of California at Riverside	6	$71,769	$72,935	$74,344
East Carolina University	5	$61,428	$61,884	$61,884
University of Nevada, Reno	5	$56,484	$58,656	$61,884
University of California, Santa Cruz	4	$69,209	$74,605	$81,483
Texas State University	4	$57,726	$63,541	$68,799
The University of Alabama at Birmingham	4	$56,300	$57,317	$57,974
Northern Arizona University	3	$60,600	$66,000	$66,995
University of Oregon	3	$61,620	$62,232	$63,294
The Ohio State University	3	$57,619	$60,000	$61,550
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	2	$80,130	$82,104	$84,078
The J. David Gladstone Institutes	2	$73,565	$76,367	$79,170
University of South Florida	2	$65,224	$65,447	$65,671
Arizona State University	2	$61,476	$61,943	$62,411
Michigan Technological University	2	$59,530	$59,530	$59,530

Individual filings

Most recent certified determinations

Employer	Location	Wage	Level	Decided
Texas State University	San Marcos, TX	$58,345	I	Sep 30, 2025
University of California, San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	$77,030	—	Sep 30, 2025
University of California, San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	$74,281	—	Sep 30, 2025
Tufts University	Medford, MA	$66,949	I	Sep 30, 2025
University of California, San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	$82,836	—	Sep 29, 2025
University of California, San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	$74,281	—	Sep 29, 2025
University of California, San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	$79,881	—	Sep 29, 2025
The University of Chicago	Chicago, IL	$61,428	I	Sep 26, 2025
University of Chicago	Chicago, IL	$81,997	I	Sep 26, 2025
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	Tallahassee, FL	$65,000	I	Sep 25, 2025
University of California, San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	$74,281	—	Sep 25, 2025
Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	$67,925	I	Sep 24, 2025
Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	$74,088	I	Sep 24, 2025
Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	$66,492	I	Sep 24, 2025
University of California, Davis	Sacramento, CA	$71,769	—	Sep 24, 2025
University of California at Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, CA	$82,836	—	Sep 24, 2025
University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	$64,296	—	Sep 23, 2025
University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	$69,385	—	Sep 23, 2025
University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	$64,522	—	Sep 23, 2025
University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	$74,425	—	Sep 23, 2025
University of Chicago	Chicago, IL	$78,000	I	Sep 23, 2025
The Pennsylvania State University	Hershey, PA	$67,475	I	Sep 23, 2025
The Pennsylvania State University	University Park, PA	$61,008	I	Sep 23, 2025
University of California, Davis	Davis, CA	$76,334	—	Sep 23, 2025
Oregon State University	Corvallis, OR	$61,008	—	Sep 22, 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.