Howard Hughes Medical Institute salaries in Boston, MA

Based on 30 certified H-1B filings by Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$79,000
Middle 50%$76.1k–$85.6k
vs. all employers here−36%comparison median $124,259
Filings30FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $70,870 and $109,864.
PercentileSalary
10th$74,000
25th$76,123
50th (median)$79,000
75th$85,615
90th$90,500

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $70k $90k FY2020: median $64,500 (12 filings) FY2021: median $63,000 (23 filings) FY2022: median $63,000 (21 filings) FY2023: median $70,000 (24 filings) FY2024: median $80,000 (14 filings) FY2025: median $79,000 (15 filings) FY2026: median $79,000 (15 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 12 filings FY20 FY2021: 23 filings FY21 FY2022: 21 filings FY22 FY2023: 24 filings FY23 FY2024: 14 filings FY24 FY2025: 15 filings FY25 FY2026: 15 filings FY26 24
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$64,500$61,500$70,00012
FY2021$63,000$59,000$65,00023
FY2022$63,000$58,198$68,90521
FY2023$70,000$66,880$77,56324
FY2024$80,000$79,625$84,85714
FY2025$79,000$74,697$87,45515
FY2026$79,000$78,140$84,02215

By job

JobMedian hereFilings
Molecular and Cellular Biologist$78,89320
Biochemisttoo few8

Jobs with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings; links go to all employers for that job in Boston, MA.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 5
Mid-level · Level II $80,000 25
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.