H-1B wage filings in Amherst, MA
Jobs with a worksite in Amherst, Massachusetts. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
95 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Amherst, MA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 19 employers. The median offered wage was $80,000, 15.9% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Post Doctoral Research Associate (5).
- Filings
- 95
- Positions covered
- 95
- Employers
- 19
- Median offered
- $80,000
- Median prevailing wage
- $71,677
- Filings since FY2020
- 520
- Median offer change since FY2020
- −4%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Amherst, MA fell 4%, from $83,000 in fiscal 2020 to $80,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 17.2% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 108 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Amherst, MA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 77 | $80,000 | −7.0% | $71,677 | +17.2% |
| 2025 | 93 | $86,000 | +1.2% | $69,000 | +23.9% |
| 2024 | 89 | $85,000 | −2.5% | $68,994 | +27.9% |
| 2023 | 79 | $87,173 | +1.4% | $69,000 | +26.6% |
| 2022 | 108 | $86,000 | +21.3% | $69,000 | +26.1% |
| 2021 | 31 | $70,919 | −14.6% | $62,712 | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 43 | $83,000 | n/a | $69,000 | +12.0% |
Employers filing for jobs in Amherst
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | 66 | $76,000 | +9.4% | |
| Trustees of Amherst College | 9 | $93,800 | +22.5% | |
| Siemens Industry Software Inc. | 2 | $200,000 | +102.9% | |
| Fetch Rewards, Inc. | 2 | $144,675 | +91.1% | |
| Kim, Song & Associates, PLLC | 2 | $72,000 | +3.3% | |
| River Financial Inc. | 1 | $115,000 | +5.3% | |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp | 1 | $113,734 | at the minimum | |
| Kelly Services, Inc. | 1 | $110,000 | +104.7% | |
| Allen Institute | 1 | $112,950 | +59.9% | |
| enVista LLC | 1 | $145,000 | +87.6% | |
| Mount Holyoke College | 1 | $105,000 | +75.8% | |
| Akamai Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $109,000 | +21.3% | |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 1 | $123,656 | at the minimum | |
| Code for Science & Society, Inc. | 1 | $115,630 | +15.6% | |
Showing the 14 employers with the most filings of 19. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Amherst
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Post Doctoral Research Associate | 5 | $66,287 | +3.4% | |
| Senior Research Fellow (Department of Biology) | 3 | $66,787 | +25.3% | |
| Assistant Professor (CICS) | 2 | $153,821 | +93.9% | |
| Assistant Professor (Dept of Electrical and Comp Eng) | 2 | $112,000 | +41.1% | |
| Asst Professor (Dept of Management) | 2 | $203,642 | +156.6% | |
| Law Clerk | 2 | $72,000 | +3.3% | |
| Lecturer (Dept of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies) | 2 | $65,525 | at the minimum | |
| Lecturer (Dept of Math and Stats) | 2 | $67,969 | +3.7% | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate (Dep. Chem & Bio. Eng.) | 2 | $66,287 | at the minimum | |
| Research Assistant Professor (Dept of Mech and Ind Eng) | 2 | $85,301 | +7.5% | |
| Senior Research Fellow | 2 | $66,244 | +10.7% | |
| Senior Software Engineer (Semiconductor Digital Twin R&D) | 2 | $200,000 | +102.9% | |
| Software Engineer | 2 | $112,000 | +13.3% | |
| Assist. Professor (Depart. of Women, Gender & Sexuality St) | 1 | $80,000 | +15.9% | |
| Asst Director Engineering Mgmt & Analytics | 1 | $62,150 | at the minimum | |
| Assistant Director, Office of Inclusion & Engagement | 1 | $62,482 | +34.9% | |
| Asst Professor (College of Info and Comp Sci) | 1 | $148,231 | +86.8% | |
| Assistant Professor (College of Info and Comp Sciences) | 1 | $135,000 | +70.1% | |
| Assistant Professor (College of Information & Computer Sci) | 1 | $129,000 | at the minimum | |
| Assistant Professor (Dept of Biology) | 1 | $95,000 | +19.7% | |
| Asst Professor (Dept of Biomed Eng) | 1 | $110,000 | +38.6% | |
| Assistant Professor (Dept of Economics) | 1 | $124,708 | +57.2% | |
| Assistant Professor (Dept of Elect and Comp Eng) | 1 | $115,000 | +44.9% | |
| Asst Professor (Dept of English) | 1 | $80,000 | +0.8% | |
| Asst Professor (Dept of Finance) | 1 | $265,000 | +234.0% | |
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
- The city is the worksite on the filing, which can be a client's office or a remote worker's home, not the employer's headquarters.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.