Senior Financial Manager salary in Boston, MA

Based on 13 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Cambridge, Woburn, Westwood, Medford, Lexington.

Also listed as: Finance Manager

Median salary$220,000
Middle 50%$215k–$231.9k
vs. all levels here+5%comparison median $210,000
Filings13FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $210,000 and $278,644.
PercentileSalary
10th$210,800
25th$215,000
50th (median)$220,000
75th$231,927
90th$261,961

Salary by year

Median salary

$150k $190k $230k FY2021: median $170,000 (11 filings) FY2022: median $187,871 (10 filings) FY2024: median $210,000 (11 filings) FY2025: median $218,794 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 8 filings FY20 FY2021: 11 filings FY21 FY2022: 10 filings FY22 FY2023: 7 filings FY23 FY2024: 11 filings FY24 FY2025: 10 filings FY25 FY2026: 3 filings FY26 11
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–––8
FY2021$170,000$159,000$181,12311
FY2022$187,871$175,000$198,75010
FY2023–––7
FY2024$210,000$195,000$222,50011
FY2025$218,794$214,250$220,00010
FY2026–––3

Cost of living

Boston's median senior Financial Manager salary of $220,000 is worth about $203,200 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Financial Managers in the Boston, MA area earned a median of $209,780 in May 2025 (21,650 employed). The H-1B median here is $220,000, 5% higher.

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

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
EYtoo few2
Schneider Electrictoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II $170,000 19
Senior · Level III $220,000 13
Expert · Level IV $260,000 29

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Mid-level · Level II$154,274$170,00019
Senior · Level III$196,664$220,00013
Expert · Level IV$239,054$260,00029

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.