H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Post-Doc Researcher

Occupation profile for Post-Doc Researcher covers 9 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $147,992.

FY2026 certified median
$147,992
Total filings
9
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$147,992–$149,996
Top employer
NVIDIA Corporation
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20243$148,000$148,000$148,000
FY20252$147,992$147,992$147,992
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)4$147,992$147,992$149,996

FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Post-Doc ResearcherFY2024 $148,000; FY2025 $147,992; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $147,992$0$50,000$100,000$150,000FY2024$148,000FY2025$147,992FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$147,992Certified median offer, Post-Doc ResearcherFY2024 $148,000; FY2025 $147,992; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $147,992$0$50k$100k$150kFY2024$148,000FY2025$147,992FY2026*$147,992
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. NVIDIA Corporation9 filings

Top cities

  1. West Lafayette4 filings
  2. Chicago3 filings
  3. Westford1 filings
  4. Austin1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. NVIDIA Corporation · Post-Doc Researcher9 filings

Prevailing wages by area and occupation

The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.

Annual prevailing wage levels
Wage yearAreaSOCLevel ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
2026-27Lafayette-West Lafayette, INArea 2920015-1221$75,296$108,971$142,667$176,342
2026-27Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INArea 1698019-2021$89,835$136,136$182,416$228,717
2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242015-1221$79,914$111,987$144,082$176,155
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446015-1221$96,678$133,702$170,726$207,750
2026-27Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INArea 1698015-1221$75,608$109,387$143,146$176,925