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).

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

Median: $69,209
25th pct: $62,878
75th pct: $75,000
90th pct: $80,034
Filings: 790

Who pays what for Postdoctoral Scholar

Ranked by number of certified filings

Employers filing Postdoctoral Scholar, with wage percentiles
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

Recent certified Postdoctoral Scholar filings, with wage and level
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.