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Postdoctoral Fellow in Houston, TX

Job title · Houston, Texas

Job title as filed
Postdoctoral Fellow
City
Houston, Texas
Applications FY2022–FY2026
395
Median offered wage
$61,572
Most common occupation
Biochemists and Biophysicists
Median wage$61,572certified 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 Houston.

Applications by fiscal year

4692FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
4692FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202276
FY202374
FY202490
FY202592
FY2026*63
Certified (decided applications)
99.7%
Employers filing
5
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. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center238
  2. The University of Houston79
  3. The Methodist Hospital Research Institute75
  4. W.M. Rice 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 $61,572; middle half $55,623 to $67,655 · median prevailing wage $47,133 (marker) · 388 applications.

$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I287
  2. Level II36
  3. Level III9
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 Houston is 0.0% above 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 Houston
7.6%
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 Houston job market

Houston has 42,380 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 11,789 job titles and 6,486 employers; "Postdoctoral Fellow" ranks #5 by applications, with 0.9% of them.

Applications in Houston, all job titles
42,380
Job titles filed
11,789
Rank of Postdoctoral Fellow in Houston
5
Median offered wage in Houston, all job titles
$98,500
National median wage, Biochemists and Biophysicists (all job titles)
$72,928
Other job titles in Houston
  1. Software Developer3,067
  2. Software Engineer1,679
  3. Assistant Professor763
  4. Postdoctoral Associate/fellow423
  5. Data Engineer341
  6. Research Scientist301
  7. Manager301
  8. Data Scientist272
  9. Architect268
  10. Instructor261
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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