H-1B salaries in Boston, MA

Based on 27,182 certified H-1B filings in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$124,259
Middle 50%$96.4k–$155k
vs. national median+1%comparison median $122,699
Filings27,182FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $55,944 and $309,201.
PercentileSalary
10th$76,000
25th$96,426
50th (median)$124,259
75th$155,000
90th$190,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $110k $140k FY2020: median $96,242 (16,506 filings) FY2021: median $103,064 (15,277 filings) FY2022: median $110,000 (16,898 filings) FY2023: median $111,093 (14,300 filings) FY2024: median $115,500 (14,155 filings) FY2025: median $122,970 (14,794 filings) FY2026: median $128,919 (12,388 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 16,506 filings FY20 FY2021: 15,277 filings FY21 FY2022: 16,898 filings FY22 FY2023: 14,300 filings FY23 FY2024: 14,155 filings FY24 FY2025: 14,794 filings FY25 FY2026: 12,388 filings FY26 16,898
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$96,242$80,000$120,27716,506
FY2021$103,064$83,928$130,00015,277
FY2022$110,000$88,005$140,00016,898
FY2023$111,093$88,962$141,56914,300
FY2024$115,500$90,854$150,00014,155
FY2025$122,970$94,355$152,56314,794
FY2026$128,919$99,186$158,66312,388

Cost of living

Boston's median H-1B salary of $124,259 is worth about $114,800 at national average prices.

Fair market rent, 1-bedroom$2,518Per month. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH HUD Metro FMR Area).
Fair market rent, 2-bedroom$3,008Per month. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH HUD Metro FMR Area).
Price level (U.S. = 100)108.3Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Price-adjusted median$114,800Median salary ÷ (price level ÷ 100).
State income tax on wagesMA: yes · NH: noneSource: Tax Foundation, State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets, 2025.

Most filed jobs

JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$147,8465,782
Data Scientist$125,8192,022
Systems Engineer / Architect$120,0001,586
Molecular and Cellular Biologist$90,9101,442
QA Engineer$119,912835
Medical Scientist$90,000747
Biochemist$100,500646
Accountant$92,600641
Industrial Engineer$114,483568
IT Manager$194,813540
Operations Research Analyst$110,500527
Physician$104,012517
Financial Analyst$130,000484
Statistician$127,858433
Management Consultant$161,041413

By job title

Product Manager$140.9k · 284 Full Stack Developer$131.1k · 122 Solutions Architect$155k · 111 Cloud Engineer$137.4k · 100 DevOps Engineer$134.4k · 72 Systems Engineer$123.8k · 65 Java Developer$123.3k · 54 Site Reliability Engineer$148.8k · 52 Frontend Developer$160k · 33 SAP Consultant$123k · 30 .NET Developer$105.2k · 24 Backend Developer$156k · 23 Salesforce Developer$127k · 22 Scrum Master$108.2k · 13

Job titles with at least 10 filings in Boston, MA. Figure: median salary · filings.