Entry-level Engineering Director salary in Boston, MA

Based on 16 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Marlborough, Waltham, Cambridge, Boxborough, Danvers.

Also listed as: Architectural and Engineering Manager, Manager Hardware Engineering

Median salary$143,312
Middle 50%$140k–$160.2k
vs. all levels here−23%comparison median $185,000
Filings16FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $137,426 and $179,250.
PercentileSalary
10th$137,426
25th$140,000
50th (median)$143,312
75th$160,194
90th$168,500

Salary by year

Median salary

$110k $130k $150k FY2021: median $122,500 (10 filings) FY2022: median $129,870 (10 filings) FY2024: median $136,500 (15 filings) FY2025: median $141,606 (12 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 7 filings FY20 FY2021: 10 filings FY21 FY2022: 10 filings FY22 FY2023: 6 filings FY23 FY2024: 15 filings FY24 FY2025: 12 filings FY25 FY2026: 4 filings FY26 15
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–––7
FY2021$122,500$110,000$133,75010
FY2022$129,870$117,500$133,75010
FY2023–––6
FY2024$136,500$132,500$143,00815
FY2025$141,606$139,357$151,50012
FY2026–––4

Cost of living

Boston's median entry-level Engineering Director salary of $143,312 is worth about $132,400 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Boston = 108.3).

Compared with all workers here

All Architectural and Engineering Managers in the Boston, MA area earned a median of $205,130 in May 2025 (6,690 employed). The H-1B median here is $143,312, 30% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $143,312 16
Mid-level · Level II $180,178 25
Senior · Level III $194,002 14
Expert · Level IV $223,638 16

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$137,426$143,31216
Mid-level · Level II$162,198$180,17825
Senior · Level III$194,002$194,00214
Expert · Level IV$220,210$223,63816

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.