H-1B wage filings in Watertown, MA
Jobs with a worksite in Watertown, Massachusetts. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
152 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Watertown, MA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 77 employers. The median offered wage was $125,000, 8.4% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Senior Scientist (8).
- Filings
- 152
- Positions covered
- 146
- Employers
- 77
- Median offered
- $125,000
- Median prevailing wage
- $112,819
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,260
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +31%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Watertown, MA rose 31%, from $92,498 in fiscal 2020 to $120,900 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 6.7% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 233 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.
Watertown, MA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 128 | $120,900 | −1.7% | $112,549 | +6.7% |
| 2025 | 133 | $123,000 | +8.9% | $105,331 | +11.8% |
| 2024 | 156 | $112,986 | −8.1% | $97,136 | +10.3% |
| 2023 | 196 | $123,001 | +9.6% | $107,827 | +13.2% |
| 2022 | 233 | $112,278 | +11.8% | $99,944 | +10.1% |
| 2021 | 214 | $100,471 | +8.6% | $96,242 | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 200 | $92,498 | n/a | $91,874 | +3.1% |
Employers filing for jobs in Watertown
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 77. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Watertown
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Scientist | 8 | $124,136 | +9.4% | |
| Associate Scientist | 5 | $115,000 | +15.5% | |
| Computer Systems Engineer/Architect | 4 | $91,000 | +0.6% | |
| Scientist | 4 | $117,887 | +0.1% | |
| Scientist II | 3 | $107,000 | +51.8% | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 3 | $154,606 | at the minimum | |
| Associate Scientist, Discovery Biology | 2 | $122,858 | +47.4% | |
| Dentist | 2 | $245,000 | +12.7% | |
| Drywall Estimator | 2 | $100,000 | +1.0% | |
| Investment Accountant | 2 | $103,500 | +19.3% | |
| Marketing Analyst | 2 | $100,693 | +12.4% | |
| Mass Spectrometry Scientist II | 2 | $115,000 | +8.6% | |
| Materials Engineer | 2 | $89,950 | +1.7% | |
| Principal Research Associate | 2 | $105,851 | at the minimum | |
| Scientist II, Discovery Biology | 2 | $132,000 | +51.8% | |
| Senior Advisor | 2 | $175,928 | +19.6% | |
| Senior Data Analyst | 2 | $90,230 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Data Scientist | 2 | $181,965 | +28.5% | |
| Senior Scientist, Bioinformatics | 2 | $134,971 | at the minimum | |
| Service Engineer | 2 | $130,000 | +4.6% | |
| Actuarial Analyst | 1 | n/a | ||
| Assistant Professor | 1 | $98,530 | at the minimum | |
| Associate Actuary | 1 | $136,000 | +0.2% | |
| Associate Director, Formulation Development | 1 | $205,956 | +35.8% | |
| Associate Director, Translational Medicine | 1 | $190,000 | +77.8% | |
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.