H-1B wage filings in Worcester, MA
Jobs with a worksite in Worcester, Massachusetts. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
352 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Worcester, MA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 108 employers. The median offered wage was $91,374, 8.5% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Postdoctoral Associate (23).
- Filings
- 352
- Positions covered
- 421
- Employers
- 108
- Median offered
- $91,374
- Median prevailing wage
- $78,463
- Filings since FY2020
- 2,272
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +5%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Worcester, MA rose 5%, from $88,483 in fiscal 2020 to $92,866 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 6.1% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2024, with 382 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.
Worcester, MA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 287 | $92,866 | +3.8% | $81,307 | +6.1% |
| 2025 | 349 | $89,502 | +2.7% | $76,700 | +16.2% |
| 2024 | 382 | $87,113 | −2.7% | $70,928 | +12.3% |
| 2023 | 310 | $89,507 | +1.7% | $73,450 | +12.0% |
| 2022 | 354 | $88,000 | −2.2% | $70,992 | +14.2% |
| 2021 | 289 | $90,000 | +1.7% | $75,190 | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 301 | $88,483 | n/a | $76,648 | +3.4% |
Employers filing for jobs in Worcester
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 108. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Worcester
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Associate | 23 | $61,573 | +9.3% | |
| Assistant Professor | 13 | $117,530 | +36.2% | |
| Post-Doctoral Associate | 13 | $64,356 | +9.3% | |
| Senior Research Scientist | 9 | $74,825 | +3.9% | |
| Instructor | 8 | $76,000 | +17.0% | |
| Post Doctoral Fellow | 8 | $64,992 | +15.8% | |
| Resident | 8 | $78,463 | at the minimum | |
| Fellow | 7 | $92,866 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Associate | 5 | $75,088 | at the minimum | |
| Clinical Research Coordinator II | 4 | $49,750 | +14.2% | |
| Physician | 4 | $233,000 | +124.9% | |
| Research Associate II | 4 | $44,500 | +13.7% | |
| Senior Scientist I | 4 | $138,500 | +24.9% | |
| Visiting Assistant Professor | 4 | $70,750 | +17.9% | |
| Assistant Research Professor | 3 | $71,000 | +9.5% | |
| Bioinformatician II | 3 | $66,847 | +13.6% | |
| Data Scientist | 3 | $97,906 | +1.1% | |
| Postdoctoral Scientist | 3 | $82,500 | +21.2% | |
| Research Associate III | 3 | $50,000 | +21.0% | |
| Research Scientist | 3 | $67,000 | +1.0% | |
| Scientist I | 3 | $103,000 | +3.4% | |
| Security Management Specialist | 3 | $69,472 | +0.2% | |
| Anesthesiologist | 2 | $459,500 | +379.4% | |
| Assistant Professor of Finance | 2 | $99,766 | +14.5% | |
| Assistant Professor of Management | 2 | $96,000 | +74.3% | |
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.