Entry-level Internal Medicine Physician salary in Boston, MA

Based on 14 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Cambridge, Salem, Burlington, Wilmington, Dover.

Also listed as: Internist

Median salary$222,497
Middle 50%$72.1k–$249.1k
vs. all levels here−8%comparison median $241,800
Filings14FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $72,072 and $285,007.
PercentileSalary
10th$72,072
25th$72,072
50th (median)$222,497
75th$249,063
90th$260,500

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $140k $220k FY2022: median $133,475 (10 filings) FY2023: median $208,000 (21 filings) FY2024: median $209,154 (24 filings) FY2025: median $72,072 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 1 filings FY20 FY2021: 3 filings FY21 FY2022: 10 filings FY22 FY2023: 21 filings FY23 FY2024: 24 filings FY24 FY2025: 10 filings FY25 FY2026: 4 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–––1
FY2021–––3
FY2022$133,475$75,215$233,75010
FY2023$208,000$176,928$224,99421
FY2024$209,154$183,155$242,17824
FY2025$72,072$72,072$228,74810
FY2026–––4

Cost of living

Boston's median entry-level Internal Medicine Physician salary of $222,497 is worth about $205,500 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All General Internal Medicine Physicians in the Boston, MA area earned a median of $239,200+ in May 2025 (1,220 employed). The H-1B median here is $222,497, 9% lower.

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
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centertoo few5
Mass General Brigham Medical Group Northern Massachusettstoo few3
Massachusetts General Physicians Organizationtoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $222,497 14
Mid-level · Level II too few 7
Senior · Level III too few 2
Expert · Level IV – 0

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$72,072$222,49714

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.