H-1B and green card employer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA NAICS 6113 Cap-exempt
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is cap-exempt: its new H-1B hires skip the lottery.
243certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$80,000median offer · middle half $73k to $106k
1%170 vs. 169 LCAs, Oct 2025 to Jun 2026 vs. a year earlier
12certified green card (PERM) cases, FY2026 to Jun 2026
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
Lottery entries at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's offers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology files mostly as a college or university or as a nonprofit research organization. Those employers are exempt from the H-1B cap, so their hires do not go through the lottery and no entry mix is shown.
What Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers
243 certified LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 5 LCAs = 5 LCAs
$10,000 bands, coloured by the level each salary reaches for its own job and area.
By fiscal year
October to September · hatched: FY2026 to Jun 2026Certified H-1B LCAs
170 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Median offer
$80,450 FY2026
Certified green card cases
12 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Jobs and worksites
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | 50 | $77,998 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 20 | $71,000 |
| Physicists | 19 | $81,500 |
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | 14 | $140,400 |
| Chemical Engineers | 13 | $71,000 |
| Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers | 9 | $73,308 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | 8 | $107,474 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | 7 | $78,100 |
Top worksite cities
| City | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge, MA | 236 | $80,000 |
Green card (PERM) labor certifications
by fiscal year of decision| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Median offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 4 | 0 | $118,800 |
| FY2024 | 2 | 0 | – |
| FY2025 | 11 | 0 | $131,700 |
| FY2026 to Jun 2026 | 12 | 0 | $139,000 |
Review takes about a year, so a pause in filing shows up a year later. Medians only for years with 3 or more certifications.
Recent certified LCAs
latest 25 · salary is the low end of the offered range| Job title | Salary | Entries |
|---|---|---|
| Research Scientist | $90,000 | |
| Lecturer | $91,146 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $77,000 | |
| Research Scientist | $80,300 | |
| Research Scientist | $98,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $73,611 | |
| Research Scientist | $113,600 | |
| Senior Postdoctoral Associate | $75,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $71,000 | |
| Research Scientist | $110,781 | |
| Research Scientist | $80,638 | |
| Research Scientist | $93,600 | |
| Research Scientist | $106,605 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $80,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $75,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $74,263 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $74,263 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $83,500 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $71,989 | |
| Research Scientist | $77,437 | |
| Senior Postdoctoral Associate | $81,500 | |
| Senior Postdoctoral Associate | $81,500 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $73,308 | |
| Research Scientist | $83,366 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $75,462 |