Industrial Engineer salary in Boston, MA

Based on 568 certified H-1B filings in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Danvers, Cambridge, Andover, Marlborough, Norwood.

Also listed as: Manufacturing Engineer

Median salary$114,483
Middle 50%$99k–$131.5k
vs. national median+5%comparison median $108,706
Filings568FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $82,306 and $189,868.
PercentileSalary
10th$91,483
25th$99,000
50th (median)$114,483
75th$131,494
90th$150,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $105k $130k FY2020: median $97,260 (96 filings) FY2021: median $99,668 (122 filings) FY2022: median $111,430 (198 filings) FY2023: median $101,899 (295 filings) FY2024: median $104,000 (329 filings) FY2025: median $105,725 (280 filings) FY2026: median $118,435 (288 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 96 filings FY20 FY2021: 122 filings FY21 FY2022: 198 filings FY22 FY2023: 295 filings FY23 FY2024: 329 filings FY24 FY2025: 280 filings FY25 FY2026: 288 filings FY26 329
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$97,260$89,024$117,62496
FY2021$99,668$90,210$118,750122
FY2022$111,430$90,210$135,000198
FY2023$101,899$93,808$124,092295
FY2024$104,000$94,141$126,000329
FY2025$105,725$98,405$130,582280
FY2026$118,435$102,669$134,202288

Cost of living

Boston's median Industrial Engineer salary of $114,483 is worth about $105,700 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Industrial Engineers in the Boston, MA area earned a median of $118,970 in May 2025 (9,010 employed). The H-1B median here is $114,483, 4% lower.

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

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Medtronic$114,48325
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$132,12420
Sathram$102,66918
ModernaTX$130,58217
Implify$103,00016
VAStek$98,40513
The MathWorks$119,20012
Wayfair$162,94112
Amazon$142,50011
Kelith Group$102,66911

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $87,984 81
Mid-level · Level II $102,669 224
Senior · Level III $120,000 118
Expert · Level IV $141,481 120

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$86,902$87,98481
Mid-level · Level II$102,669$102,669224
Senior · Level III$118,435$120,000118
Expert · Level IV$134,202$141,481120

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.