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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2015-02-11</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>1</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000837951</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>PACHOLDER HIGH YIELD FUND INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PHF</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0000831001</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>CITIGROUP INC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>399 PARK AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Auction Rate Preferred</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2015-02-11</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>939</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>82.75</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Subsidiary</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The Auction Rate Preferred Shares (&quot;Shares&quot;) reported in Table I represent Shares beneficially owned by Citigroup Global Markets Inc.(&quot;CGMI&quot;). Citigroup Financial Products Inc. (&quot;CFP&quot;) is the sole stockholder of CGMI. Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.(&quot;CGMH&quot;) is the sole stockholder of CFP. Citigroup Inc. is the sole stockholder of CGMH.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>These Shares represent the Reporting Person's combined holdings in multiple series of auction rate preferred securities of the issuer which are treated herein as one class of securities consistent with the Reporting Person's prior Section 16 filings made in respect of the issuer.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Citigroup Inc., By: /s/ Ali L. Karshan, Assistant Secretary</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-02-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
