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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Pittsburgh, PA

Job title · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Job title as filed
Postdoctoral Research Associate
City
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Applications FY2022–FY2026
106
Median offered wage
$61,004
Most common occupation
Physical Scientists, All Other
Median wage$61,004certified 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 Research Associate" and a worksite in Pittsburgh.

Applications by fiscal year

1325FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1325FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202218
FY202323
FY202425
FY202515
FY2026*25
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
3
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. Carnegie Mellon University104
  2. Duquesne University1
  3. University of Pittsburgh1
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 $61,004; middle half $56,376 to $65,000 · median prevailing wage $48,277 (marker) · 104 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I106
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 Research Associate" appears on 4,327 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 150 employers for worksites in 190 cities; the median offered wage is $60,100, so the median in Pittsburgh is 1.5% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
4,327
Employers nationwide
150
Cities with filings
190
National median offered wage
$60,100
Share of national filings in Pittsburgh
2.4%
Cities with the most applications for Postdoctoral Research Associate
  1. Princeton, NJ444
  2. Memphis, TN369
  3. College Station, TX311
  4. Los Alamos, NM308
  5. St. Louis, MO300
  6. Urbana, IL234
  7. Ames, IA203
  8. Storrs, CT195
  9. Chapel Hill, NC154
  10. Troy, NY110
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Pittsburgh job market

Pittsburgh has 13,602 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 3,955 job titles and 1,766 employers; "Postdoctoral Research Associate" ranks #10 by applications, with 0.8% of them.

Applications in Pittsburgh, all job titles
13,602
Job titles filed
3,955
Rank of Postdoctoral Research Associate in Pittsburgh
10
Median offered wage in Pittsburgh, all job titles
$98,400
National median wage, Physical Scientists, All Other (all job titles)
$75,240
Other job titles in Pittsburgh
  1. Software Developer875
  2. Software Engineer732
  3. Postdoctoral Associate334
  4. Assistant Professor276
  5. Senior Software Engineer194
  6. Research Scientist152
  7. Architect128
  8. Senior Software Developer120
  9. Developer108
  10. Resident - Internal Medicine99
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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