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Cambridge, MA H-1B salaries

Employers filed 6,128 certified H-1B applications for jobs in Cambridge, MA between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. Half paid more than $124,259 a year.

Median salary offered: $124,259
Middle half earn: $91,374 to $158,442
Top 10% earn over: $191,030
Certified filings: 6,128

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Top employers

Employer	Filings	Median	Middle half
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	549	$78,500	$71,000 – $105,000
Harvard University	307	$78,000	$70,304 – $100,206
Google LLC	276	$167,000	$152,750 – $185,000
Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.	240	$158,284	$127,000 – $185,000
The Broad Institute, Inc.	214	$92,760	$76,509 – $116,948
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc.	198	$97,760	$88,535 – $114,338
Akamai Technologies, Inc.	166	$150,476	$128,075 – $171,906
Biogen Inc.	161	$126,006	$105,331 – $151,923
HubSpot, Inc.	147	$157,600	$141,100 – $179,056
Microsoft Corporation	136	$157,146	$146,300 – $175,749
ModernaTX, Inc.	113	$125,500	$107,099 – $154,606
Amgen Inc.	95	$126,600	$107,603 – $138,837
Sanofi US Services Inc.	89	$128,773	$116,156 – $148,125
Alnylam US, Inc.	89	$145,000	$120,000 – $175,000
Meta Platforms, Inc	81	$198,000	$171,363 – $211,778
Zifo Technologies, Inc	71	$86,600	$72,000 – $100,000
Philips North America LLC	69	$122,970	$120,994 – $143,374
Apple Inc.	66	$148,054	$135,304 – $175,115
Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.	59	$133,200	$119,650 – $149,100
Amazon.com Services LLC	59	$155,800	$143,000 – $173,800
IBM Corporation	52	$206,687	$173,702 – $242,192
Audible, Inc.	50	$148,900	$143,700 – $176,987
Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	49	$190,000	$162,552 – $210,000
Moderna Services, Inc.	41	$148,762	$125,715 – $172,744
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research	40	$73,850	$51,448 – $75,000
Ernst & Young U.S. LLP	39	$128,950	$100,000 – $175,000
General Hospital Corporation	38	$71,406	$70,000 – $78,581
Genzyme Corporation	38	$143,812	$119,786 – $170,260
Cambridge Mobile Telematics, Inc.	35	$137,946	$124,362 – $156,160
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	33	$153,651	$140,039 – $163,690
Abbvie Bioresearch Center Inc.	28	$130,276	$120,750 – $140,909
Brigham and Women's Hospital	27	$73,000	$63,305 – $79,602
Lila Sciences, Inc.	25	$115,000	$90,000 – $160,000
InterSystems Corporation	25	$120,000	$105,000 – $127,680
CarGurus, Inc.	25	$179,200	$137,000 – $183,700
Editas Medicine, Inc.	24	$108,284	$94,094 – $127,858
Cambridge Public Health Commission	24	$83,094	$78,712 – $97,926
Beam Therapeutics, Inc.	24	$125,000	$102,875 – $141,750
KAYAK Software Corporation	24	$112,482	$100,000 – $138,508
Everquote, Inc.	24	$96,543	$82,750 – $138,997
Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp	24	$115,991	$108,587 – $126,339
Boston Dynamics AI Institute, LLC	24	$183,700	$175,000 – $185,804
BioNTech US Inc.	23	$124,000	$101,500 – $156,255
Im Pro Makeup Ny LP	23	$120,000	$80,000 – $140,000
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	23	$146,016	$121,810 – $177,900
Pfizer Inc.	22	$119,904	$103,279 – $147,180
Blueprint Medicines Corporation	21	$158,289	$139,193 – $192,006
Prime Medicine Inc.	18	$121,418	$103,462 – $132,985
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation	17	$118,435	$89,731 – $126,006
Reed Hilderbrand LLC	16	$66,498	$65,172 – $68,744

Top job titles

Job title	Filings	Median	Middle half
Software Engineer	344	$165,000	$141,100 – $178,787
Research Scientist	311	$90,000	$78,238 – $114,600
Postdoctoral Associate	269	$71,000	$67,040 – $75,000
Postdoctoral Fellow	123	$70,304	$67,600 – $73,934
Assistant Professor	102	$140,000	$127,250 – $157,775
Research Associate	86	$78,949	$74,000 – $83,150
Senior Scientist	69	$145,000	$129,000 – $157,581
Software Engineering	64	$153,800	$143,261 – $170,941
Research Scientist II	58	$106,000	$91,374 – $121,496
Scientist	56	$127,000	$109,275 – $136,192
Senior Research Associate	50	$91,676	$86,000 – $96,750
Senior Scientist I	48	$100,000	$91,978 – $107,099
Associate Scientist	47	$110,000	$103,446 – $113,550
Senior Software Engineer I	44	$157,600	$157,600 – $165,200
Software Development Engineer II	41	$152,100	$143,700 – $167,200
Research Analyst	40	$80,750	$72,000 – $100,000
Data Scientist	40	$125,000	$96,726 – $153,888
Research Associate II	36	$80,000	$64,781 – $86,250
Senior Software Engineer	36	$156,300	$140,210 – $187,750
Research Fellow	33	$70,000	$67,600 – $71,406
Software Development Engineer	33	$122,970	$122,970 – $135,304
Senior Scientist II	32	$107,099	$93,891 – $113,464
Software Developer	32	$123,000	$113,000 – $147,402
Principal Scientist I	31	$113,464	$92,934 – $123,802
Applied Sciences	30	$163,500	$148,750 – $176,249
Research Scientist I	29	$92,700	$74,152 – $100,000
Senior Associate Scientist	25	$107,568	$94,000 – $125,000
Product Manager	24	$144,678	$112,778 – $171,250
Senior Data Scientist	21	$148,392	$138,500 – $157,847
Validation Engineer	21	$100,000	$98,405 – $102,000
Scientist I	20	$107,500	$99,250 – $115,000
Senior Software Engineer II	20	$186,300	$186,300 – $186,300
Machine Learning Engineer	20	$148,428	$135,304 – $176,586
Process Development Senior Scientist	19	$134,473	$132,358 – $137,396
Applied Scientist II	19	$177,500	$172,500 – $184,436
Lecturer	18	$100,436	$78,676 – $108,272
Software Engineer II	18	$125,308	$118,750 – $128,828
Data Engineer	17	$114,088	$110,000 – $147,900
Scientist II	16	$128,211	$117,661 – $138,415
Senior Research Scientist	16	$163,155	$128,750 – $200,000
Computational Associate II	16	$80,314	$76,396 – $82,956
Principal Scientist	15	$170,000	$126,208 – $177,252
Principal Research Associate	15	$110,000	$107,666 – $115,000
Senior Postdoctoral Associate	14	$72,000	$70,297 – $78,175
Software Development Engineer I	14	$129,500	$112,525 – $132,225
Software Engineer Senior	14	$146,722	$134,250 – $155,151
Senior Software Development Engineer	13	$166,900	$157,643 – $180,300
Machine Learning	13	$178,131	$172,744 – $178,131
Customer Engineer	12	$159,000	$152,800 – $162,750
Computational Scientist II	12	$119,285	$114,750 – $121,393

By year

Year filed	Filings	Median
2023	500	$115,000
2024	2,326	$121,048
2025	2,082	$125,000
2026	1,220	$131,082