Massachusetts H-1B salaries

Employers filed 53,094 certified H-1B applications for jobs in Massachusetts between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. Half paid more than $119,600 a year.

Median salary offered: $119,600
Middle half earn: $91,381 to $150,100
Top 10% earn over: $185,000
Certified filings: 53,094

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.

Top employers

Employer	Filings	Median	Middle half
Amazon.com Services LLC	1,541	$145,350	$122,970 – $168,130
The MathWorks, Inc.	1,024	$131,082	$112,986 – $147,846
Ernst & Young U.S. LLP	1,013	$120,906	$99,802 – $173,000
State Street Bank and Trust Company	701	$133,724	$113,443 – $142,085
General Hospital Corporation	697	$72,000	$68,765 – $86,050
Harvard University	679	$80,000	$72,800 – $103,000
Wayfair LLC	571	$156,000	$121,939 – $181,856
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	556	$78,384	$71,000 – $103,716
Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp	508	$115,378	$96,616 – $124,259
Brigham and Women's Hospital	495	$79,000	$70,000 – $99,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	483	$77,250	$72,000 – $95,000
Children's Hospital Corporation	466	$79,777	$73,544 – $100,064
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	398	$129,620	$108,259 – $148,762
Staples, Inc.	384	$135,000	$118,427 – $159,632
Trustees of Boston University	361	$97,000	$73,500 – $140,000
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.	335	$75,234	$66,602 – $93,228
Tata Consultancy Services Limited	328	$96,730	$91,229 – $102,565
Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.	307	$154,350	$125,666 – $182,102
IBM Corporation	296	$125,264	$116,355 – $179,598
ModernaTX, Inc.	291	$122,450	$104,468 – $140,504
Microsoft Corporation	290	$162,850	$148,918 – $177,152
Google LLC	286	$167,500	$152,250 – $185,000
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	280	$73,416	$62,232 – $85,323
Analog Devices, Inc.	274	$127,563	$109,452 – $151,444
McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States	265	$151,000	$120,100 – $192,000
Deloitte Consulting LLP	254	$147,473	$116,014 – $178,131
Northeastern University	248	$114,080	$85,662 – $137,450
Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.	243	$152,900	$129,000 – $172,505
Amazon Web Services, Inc.	231	$159,200	$135,800 – $177,950
Akamai Technologies, Inc.	221	$147,143	$128,000 – $168,335
Boston Consulting Group, Inc.	219	$178,000	$117,750 – $190,008
The Broad Institute, Inc.	217	$92,700	$76,491 – $117,000
eClinicalWorks LLC	213	$109,100	$89,000 – $148,000
Massachusetts General Physicians Organization	207	$170,289	$99,967 – $248,560
Wipro Limited	207	$100,630	$96,616 – $108,670
HCL America Inc	201	$112,764	$96,845 – $124,259
Tufts University	200	$85,500	$68,154 – $124,850
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc.	198	$97,760	$88,535 – $114,338
Mass General Brigham Incorporated	195	$82,516	$78,540 – $90,750
Deloitte & Touche LLP	186	$84,240	$76,000 – $107,670
Accenture LLP	185	$137,000	$119,496 – $160,400
Salesforce, Inc.	185	$183,819	$148,179 – $216,738
Chewy, Inc.	179	$155,457	$138,600 – $178,150
HubSpot, Inc.	171	$157,600	$141,100 – $179,056
University of Massachusetts Amherst	169	$80,000	$66,287 – $112,784
EMC Corporation	168	$149,808	$129,862 – $172,126
Biogen Inc.	166	$126,610	$107,005 – $152,456
Compunnel Software Group, Inc	166	$119,500	$104,250 – $127,000
Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments	165	$134,868	$122,970 – $152,907
athenahealth, Inc.	161	$139,000	$123,600 – $163,000

Top job titles

Job title	Filings	Median	Middle half
Software Engineer	1,349	$127,449	$112,000 – $156,500
Research Fellow	1,014	$72,000	$70,000 – $76,000
Senior Software Engineer	949	$147,846	$135,235 – $160,000
Software Developer	724	$114,750	$105,000 – $128,791
Assistant Professor	541	$128,000	$106,000 – $154,000
Research Scientist	540	$85,000	$75,000 – $110,000
Postdoctoral Associate	417	$71,000	$66,950 – $74,263
Software Development Engineer II	356	$156,900	$143,700 – $174,900
Data Scientist	309	$114,088	$95,635 – $130,000
Software Engineer II	298	$133,442	$118,779 – $154,604
Clinical Fellow	276	$99,000	$96,807 – $106,612
Data Engineer	239	$110,000	$98,072 – $125,000
Research Associate	228	$81,150	$74,088 – $92,384
Resident	224	$82,500	$78,540 – $86,350
Business Analyst	217	$98,072	$81,224 – $109,699
Physician	206	$240,298	$208,000 – $300,000
Associate	205	$150,000	$105,000 – $190,000
Senior Data Scientist	189	$148,846	$131,750 – $161,803
Project Manager	186	$105,998	$90,125 – $125,000
Investigator	177	$86,250	$75,000 – $95,500
Senior Scientist	175	$132,000	$117,416 – $150,000
Manager	169	$171,000	$150,000 – $189,100
Postdoctoral Fellow	169	$70,236	$67,600 – $74,088
Scientist	165	$111,238	$96,523 – $127,130
Principal Software Engineer	162	$172,744	$155,900 – $178,131
Software Engineer III	161	$150,000	$135,000 – $180,527
Software Development Engineer I	150	$129,000	$110,500 – $132,700
Validation Engineer	150	$98,405	$94,141 – $102,773
Manager JC50 - Computer Systems Engineers/Architects	148	$116,355	$97,011 – $124,259
Senior Quality Engineer	148	$119,912	$117,600 – $128,168
Architect	147	$96,616	$90,854 – $96,616
Consultant	146	$162,500	$120,000 – $190,000
Data Analyst	144	$90,877	$79,978 – $103,000
Senior Research Associate	140	$93,000	$87,270 – $98,562
Analyst	135	$98,000	$92,500 – $103,022
Software Engineering	133	$158,100	$147,000 – $176,000
Hospitalist	132	$255,400	$239,350 – $290,000
Senior Consultant	130	$130,541	$108,123 – $151,750
Senior Associate	129	$127,800	$105,000 – $150,000
Senior Data Engineer	127	$137,946	$130,148 – $154,501
Product Manager	121	$130,000	$110,531 – $145,000
Rehabilitation Counselor	115	$48,760	$47,000 – $48,838
Applied Scientist II	115	$175,400	$163,700 – $180,000
Senior Software Engineer I	114	$157,600	$151,804 – $165,500
Software Dev Engineer II	114	$167,050	$155,305 – $176,525
Quality Engineer	109	$98,800	$91,104 – $112,986
Software Development Engineer	107	$124,300	$117,130 – $154,803
Physical Therapist	107	$80,080	$75,587 – $91,499
Lead Software Engineer	107	$161,000	$150,000 – $175,000
Software Dev Engineer I	107	$129,000	$129,000 – $129,000

Cities

City	Filings	Median	Middle half
Boston, MA	18,034	$120,058	$90,750 – $155,764
Cambridge, MA	6,128	$124,259	$91,374 – $158,442
Waltham, MA	2,296	$125,252	$100,500 – $154,606
Natick, MA	1,302	$125,656	$112,986 – $147,846
Burlington, MA	1,206	$136,862	$107,123 – $169,564
Quincy, MA	1,082	$116,355	$98,072 – $137,688
Framingham, MA	1,076	$119,548	$96,616 – $144,709
Worcester, MA	927	$91,374	$71,250 – $120,008
Marlborough, MA	863	$118,227	$98,405 – $145,697
Westborough, MA	842	$125,000	$104,000 – $149,940
Somerville, MA	695	$110,000	$87,355 – $139,430
Wilmington, MA	632	$122,050	$104,355 – $149,820
North Reading, MA	613	$135,000	$114,000 – $163,460
Andover, MA	564	$122,595	$98,405 – $146,077
Woburn, MA	546	$113,000	$90,646 – $140,000
Lexington, MA	523	$130,000	$99,766 – $156,242
Westford, MA	466	$125,846	$102,591 – $157,643
Springfield, MA	441	$117,000	$83,845 – $239,200
Bedford, MA	439	$123,000	$105,000 – $144,050
Medford, MA	419	$102,856	$80,000 – $140,000
Hopkinton, MA	400	$144,974	$122,722 – $170,862
Boxborough, MA	393	$130,400	$117,647 – $148,800
Lowell, MA	388	$121,196	$85,957 – $162,960
Norwood, MA	380	$119,454	$95,948 – $135,887
Watertown, MA	380	$120,000	$98,522 – $150,000
Newton, MA	358	$116,178	$95,000 – $142,972
Needham, MA	344	$124,371	$101,901 – $160,000
North Quincy, MA	340	$102,814	$96,845 – $118,732
Charlestown, MA	328	$73,496	$69,316 – $93,700
Shrewsbury, MA	317	$113,300	$95,481 – $137,800
Acton, MA	304	$122,970	$99,299 – $146,652
Malden, MA	291	$110,000	$86,278 – $143,375
Brighton, MA	278	$115,056	$90,537 – $139,613
Southborough, MA	254	$63,688	$48,760 – $105,000
Billerica, MA	250	$113,458	$95,675 – $135,000
Wellesley, MA	240	$130,993	$113,938 – $162,748
Chelmsford, MA	238	$123,930	$98,764 – $149,760
Amherst, MA	235	$85,000	$69,636 – $116,586
Belmont, MA	232	$95,680	$80,959 – $124,800
Danvers, MA	225	$110,989	$98,405 – $130,582

By year

Year filed	Filings	Median
2023	4,043	$113,443
2024	19,046	$115,000
2025	18,589	$120,663
2026	11,416	$124,952