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Postdoctoral Fellow in Atlanta, GA

Job title · Atlanta, Georgia

Job title as filed
Postdoctoral Fellow
City
Atlanta, Georgia
Applications FY2022–FY2026
555
Median offered wage
$59,784
Most common occupation
Biological Scientists, All Other
Median wage$59,784certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Postdoctoral Fellow" and a worksite in Atlanta.

Applications by fiscal year

64128FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
64128FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022112
FY2023114
FY2024128
FY2025118
FY2026*83
Certified (decided applications)
99.8%
Employers filing
7
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Emory University338
  2. Georgia Institute of Technology206
  3. Georgia State University6
  4. Morehouse School of Medicine2
  5. Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund1
  6. The University of Texas at Austin1
  7. Clemson University1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $59,784; middle half $55,632 to $65,000 · median prevailing wage $51,355 (marker) · 548 applications.

$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I549
  2. Level II6
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Postdoctoral Fellow" appears on 5,231 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 219 employers for worksites in 210 cities; the median offered wage is $61,572, so the median in Atlanta is 2.9% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
5,231
Employers nationwide
219
Cities with filings
210
National median offered wage
$61,572
Share of national filings in Atlanta
10.6%
Cities with the most applications for Postdoctoral Fellow
  1. Atlanta, GA555
  2. New York City, NY506
  3. Houston, TX395
  4. Baltimore, MD366
  5. Cambridge, MA257
  6. Austin, TX242
  7. Columbia, MO205
  8. Indianapolis, IN193
  9. La Jolla, CA143
  10. Auburn, AL110
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Atlanta job market

Atlanta has 43,840 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 10,868 job titles and 4,452 employers; "Postdoctoral Fellow" ranks #4 by applications, with 1.3% of them.

Applications in Atlanta, all job titles
43,840
Job titles filed
10,868
Rank of Postdoctoral Fellow in Atlanta
4
Median offered wage in Atlanta, all job titles
$109,283
National median wage, Biological Scientists, All Other (all job titles)
$78,083
Other job titles in Atlanta
  1. Software Engineer1,952
  2. Software Developer1,697
  3. Assistant Professor684
  4. Senior Software Engineer542
  5. Architect530
  6. Software Engineering489
  7. Analyst385
  8. Manager363
  9. Associate338
  10. Application Developer305
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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