H-1B wage filings in Cambridge, MA
Jobs with a worksite in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
2,216 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Cambridge, MA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 480 employers. The median offered wage was $128,000, 14.1% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Research Scientist (130).
- Filings
- 2,216
- Positions covered
- 2,556
- Employers
- 480
- Median offered
- $128,000
- Median prevailing wage
- $107,557
- Filings since FY2020
- 17,297
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +23%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Cambridge, MA rose 23%, from $105,000 in fiscal 2020 to $128,773 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 13.9% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 2,991 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.
Cambridge, MA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 1,754 | $128,773 | +4.3% | $107,557 | +13.9% |
| 2025 | 2,427 | $123,500 | +2.8% | $104,437 | +13.9% |
| 2024 | 2,397 | $120,120 | +1.8% | $104,437 | +14.1% |
| 2023 | 2,414 | $118,007 | +2.6% | $101,182 | +14.6% |
| 2022 | 2,991 | $115,000 | +3.5% | $99,164 | +15.8% |
| 2021 | 2,632 | $111,117 | +5.8% | $96,242 | +12.6% |
| 2020 | 2,682 | $105,000 | n/a | $91,874 | +10.9% |
Employers filing for jobs in Cambridge
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 480. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Cambridge
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Scientist | 130 | $91,520 | +19.2% | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | 114 | $72,550 | +24.3% | |
| Software Engineer | 107 | $170,000 | +17.7% | |
| Assistant Professor | 57 | $141,150 | +112.5% | |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 53 | $70,304 | +18.3% | |
| Research Associate | 36 | $75,130 | +13.3% | |
| Senior Scientist | 32 | $153,000 | +17.8% | |
| Senior Research Associate | 26 | $90,000 | +12.3% | |
| Software Engineering | 24 | $152,846 | +16.6% | |
| Scientist | 23 | $130,810 | +11.4% | |
| Senior Scientist I | 17 | $91,978 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 15 | $154,122 | +5.0% | |
| Associate Scientist | 14 | $111,226 | +8.8% | |
| Software Dev Engineer II | 13 | $143,700 | +9.6% | |
| Data Scientist | 11 | $147,870 | +7.2% | |
| Research Engineer | 11 | $132,440 | +29.8% | |
| Research Fellow | 11 | $71,406 | at the minimum | |
| Research Scientist II | 11 | $110,000 | +13.3% | |
| Senior Scientist II | 11 | $103,179 | at the minimum | |
| Data Engineer | 10 | $122,945 | +7.2% | |
| Machine Learning | 10 | $178,131 | at the minimum | |
| Research Analyst | 10 | $97,854 | +15.1% | |
| Senior Software Engineer I | 10 | $157,600 | +20.2% | |
| Software Development Engineer | 10 | $131,082 | at the minimum | |
| Lecturer | 9 | $100,460 | +43.9% | |
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.