McKinsey & Company salaries in Boston, MA

Based on 135 certified H-1B filings by McKinsey & Company in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$167,300
Middle 50%$135k–$192k
vs. all employers here+35%comparison median $124,259
Filings135FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $95,850 and $243,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$112,000
25th$135,000
50th (median)$167,300
75th$192,000
90th$220,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $150k $200k FY2020: median $130,000 (67 filings) FY2021: median $121,600 (126 filings) FY2022: median $134,000 (111 filings) FY2023: median $137,800 (93 filings) FY2024: median $140,700 (127 filings) FY2025: median $162,950 (88 filings) FY2026: median $183,200 (47 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 67 filings FY20 FY2021: 126 filings FY21 FY2022: 111 filings FY22 FY2023: 93 filings FY23 FY2024: 127 filings FY24 FY2025: 88 filings FY25 FY2026: 47 filings FY26 127
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$130,000$100,000$158,80067
FY2021$121,600$105,000$160,000126
FY2022$134,000$112,600$173,250111
FY2023$137,800$112,700$184,50093
FY2024$140,700$113,600$192,000127
FY2025$162,950$128,625$189,75088
FY2026$183,200$135,000$197,80047

By job

JobMedian hereFilings
Management Consultant$192,00040
Data Scientist$174,70032
Software Engineer$159,75022
Statisticiantoo few9
Data Engineertoo few5
Operations Research Analysttoo few5
Systems Engineer / Architecttoo few3
Project Managertoo few2
Financial Analysttoo few2
Quantitative Analysttoo few2
Information Security Analysttoo few2
Network Architecttoo few2
Database Administratortoo few2
Industrial-Organizational Psychologisttoo few2

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 $112,000 17
Mid-level · Level II $143,450 62
Senior · Level III $193,400 43
Expert · Level IV $228,300 13

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.