H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Postdoctoral Fellow

Occupation profile for Postdoctoral Fellow covers 2,779 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $69,492.

FY2026 certified median
$69,492
Total filings
2,779
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$63,271–$74,692
Top employer
Emory University
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY2024968$64,058$58,000$70,928
FY2025999$66,492$61,014$74,200
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)812$69,492$63,271$74,692

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Postdoctoral FellowFY2024 $64,058; FY2025 $66,492; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $69,492$0$30,000$60,000$90,000FY2024$64,058FY2025$66,492FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$69,492Certified median offer, Postdoctoral FellowFY2024 $64,058; FY2025 $66,492; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $69,492$0$30k$60k$90kFY2024$64,058FY2025$66,492FY2026*$69,492
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Emory University181 filings
  2. NYU Grossman School of Medicine174 filings
  3. Harvard University162 filings
  4. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center128 filings
  5. The University of Texas at Austin126 filings
  6. The Curators of the University of Missouri123 filings
  7. Georgia Institute of Technology110 filings
  8. Johns Hopkins University108 filings
  9. University of Maryland Baltimore94 filings
  10. Indiana University Indianapolis82 filings

Top cities

  1. Atlanta291 filings
  2. New York273 filings
  3. Houston225 filings
  4. Baltimore195 filings
  5. Cambridge138 filings
  6. Indianapolis125 filings
  7. Austin124 filings
  8. Columbia118 filings
  9. La Jolla63 filings
  10. Bronx60 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Emory University · Postdoctoral Fellow181 filings
  2. NYU Grossman School of Medicine · Postdoctoral Fellow174 filings
  3. Harvard University · Postdoctoral Fellow162 filings
  4. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Postdoctoral Fellow128 filings
  5. The University of Texas at Austin · Postdoctoral Fellow126 filings
  6. The Curators of the University of Missouri · Postdoctoral Fellow123 filings
  7. Georgia Institute of Technology · Postdoctoral Fellow110 filings
  8. Johns Hopkins University · Postdoctoral Fellow108 filings
  9. University of Maryland Baltimore · Postdoctoral Fellow94 filings
  10. Indiana University Indianapolis · Postdoctoral Fellow82 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
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562019-1042$76,419$98,800$121,202$143,582
2026-27Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TXArea 2642019-1042$63,190$77,813$92,435$107,058
2026-27Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TXArea 2642019-1021$76,149$88,254$100,360$112,466
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446019-1029$77,626$100,755$123,885$147,014
2026-27San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CAArea 4174019-1029$75,795$95,930$116,085$136,219
2026-27Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MDArea 1258019-1029$76,606$96,283$115,981$135,658
2026-27Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GAArea 1206019-1029$74,922$86,278$97,656$109,013
2026-27Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, INArea 2690019-1042$63,336$79,747$96,158$112,570
2026-27Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SCArea 1226019-1042$54,642$76,045$97,427$118,830
2026-27Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GAArea 1206019-2031$64,542$83,221$101,878$120,557