H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Postdoctoral Scholar Employee

Occupation profile for Postdoctoral Scholar Employee covers 479 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $77,030.

FY2026 certified median
$77,030
Total filings
479
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$74,281–$82,836
Top employer
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY2024185$73,982$66,868$77,327
FY2025163$74,425$71,769$80,034
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)131$77,030$74,281$82,836

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Postdoctoral Scholar EmployeeFY2024 $73,982; FY2025 $74,425; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $77,030$0$30,000$60,000$90,000FY2024$73,982FY2025$74,425FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$77,030Certified median offer, Postdoctoral Scholar EmployeeFY2024 $73,982; FY2025 $74,425; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $77,030$0$30k$60k$90kFY2024$73,982FY2025$74,425FY2026*$77,030
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO207 filings
  2. University of California, Berkeley192 filings
  3. The University of Alabama at Birmingham60 filings
  4. University of California at Santa Barbara11 filings
  5. Regents of the University of California at Riverside6 filings
  6. Regents of University California of Riverside2 filings
  7. University of California, Santa Cruz1 filings

Top cities

  1. La Jolla196 filings
  2. Berkeley190 filings
  3. Birmingham60 filings
  4. San Diego11 filings
  5. Santa Barbara9 filings
  6. Riverside6 filings
  7. Davis2 filings
  8. Emeryville2 filings
  9. Batavia2 filings
  10. Santa Cruz1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · Postdoctoral Scholar Employee207 filings
  2. University of California, Berkeley · Postdoctoral Scholar Employee192 filings
  3. The University of Alabama at Birmingham · Postdoctoral Scholar Employee60 filings
  4. University of California at Santa Barbara · Postdoctoral Scholar Employee11 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
2026-27San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CAArea 4174019-1021$81,827$104,270$126,693$149,136
2026-27Birmingham, ALArea 1382019-1042$55,099$67,184$79,248$91,333
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186019-1029$92,955$120,349$147,742$175,136
2026-27San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CAArea 4174019-1042$87,464$108,160$128,856$149,552
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186019-2012$140,650$171,142$201,635$232,128
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186019-2031$82,410$106,517$130,624$154,731
2026-27San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CAArea 4174019-1029$75,795$95,930$116,085$136,219
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186019-1021$114,899$141,648$168,376$195,125
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186019-3039$43,992$86,798$129,626$172,432
2026-27San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CAArea 4174017-2031$91,582$110,261$128,918$147,597