Worksite city · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH wage area

H-1B salaries in Boston, MA

16% of new-employment offers here reach Level IV; 47% get a single lottery entry.

6,443certified H-1B LCAs with a worksite here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

$125,237median offer

16%of new-employment offers reach Level IV

2,075new-employment LCAs

Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27

Wage levels for the top jobs here

same scale for every row · black mark: median offer

Software Developers

IV $186k

Data Scientists

IV $161k

Biological Scientists, All Other

IV $147k

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

IV $157k

Computer Occupations, All Other

IV $153k

Physicians, All Other

IV $326k

Accountants and Auditors

IV $126k

Financial and Investment Analysts

IV $155k

under Level ILevel IIIIIIIV and upmedian offerscale $65k to $343k

Lottery entries

2,075 new-employment LCAs

Boston, MA 19%28%21%16%16% 2,075

All employers 12%28%25%18%16% 149,984

1 entry · Level I2 · Level II3 · Level III4 · Level IVunder Level I, still 1 entry

How this is calculated

New-employment H-1B LCAs only, the filings behind most cap petitions; extensions, transfers and amendments do not go through the lottery, and cap-exempt universities and nonprofit research organizations are left out. Each offered salary (low end of the range) is compared with the OFLC Level I to IV wages for its occupation and worksite area, wage year 2026-27; a filing with several worksites counts at its lowest level, as the rule requires. Numbers on the right are LCAs. Full methodology.

Jobs and employers

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

Top jobs

#	Job	Certified LCAs	Median salary
1	Software Developers	1,295	$154,167
2	Data Scientists	554	$131,721
3	Biological Scientists, All Other	423	$77,267
4	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	281	$77,267
5	Computer Occupations, All Other	263	$130,000
6	Physicians, All Other	216	$102,466
7	Accountants and Auditors	190	$103,397
8	Financial and Investment Analysts	188	$140,000
9	Management Analysts	163	$180,378
10	Operations Research Analysts	153	$110,000
11	Biochemists and Biophysicists	142	$80,000
12	Financial Specialists, All Other	137	$125,237
13	Computer and Information Systems Managers	133	$193,199
14	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	127	$114,015
15	Statisticians	109	$109,582

Top employers

#	Employer	Certified LCAs	Median salary
1	Wayfair LLC	250	$150,500
2	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	212	$78,280
3	Amazon.com Services LLC	186	$155,000
4	Ernst & Young U.S. LLP	168	$134,391
5	Harvard University	163	$81,149
6	Children's Hospital Corporation	160	$79,178
7	Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	154	$132,200
8	Brigham and Women's Hospital	153	$77,267
9	Trustees of Boston University	145	$91,667
10	General Hospital Corporation	128	$77,267
11	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.	122	$84,438
12	State Street Bank and Trust Company	113	$125,237
13	Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments	107	$139,887
14	Northeastern University	104	$115,253
15	Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.	102	$154,503
16	Boston Consulting Group, Inc.	73	$166,100
17	Massachusetts General Physicians Organization	66	$206,906
18	athenahealth, Inc.	60	$147,981
19	McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States	60	$180,300
20	Mass General Brigham Incorporated	59	$88,843
	All other employers	3,858	–