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Bedford, MA

Bedford, MA is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 28 tracked employers at a $122,848 median H-1B wage across 701 LCAs.

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28
Employers
$122,848
Median H-1B wage
701
H-1B filings

Bedford, MA: 28 tracked employers at a $122,848 median H-1B wage across 701 LCAs; Professional & Technical Services leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Bedford, MA (MA), PlainEmployers rolls up 28 employers at a $122,848 disclosed median with 2 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 28 employers
  • $122,848 median H-1B
  • 701 H-1B LCAs
  • 2 WARN employers

Where Bedford, MA's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$122,848 Top 51% higher than 49% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). Below this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). This entry sits in this band. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Bedford, MA $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Metro Labor Presence

Bedford, MA (28 employers) sits beside Boston, MA, Cambridge, MA, Waltham, MA in MA's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Bedford, MA ranks #427 of 6906 by employer count (about the 94th percentile).

Boston, MA 762 Cambridge, MA 282 Waltham, MA 120 Quincy, MA 72 Somerville, MA 67 Woburn, MA 65
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesManufacturingFinance & InsuranceConstructionInformation & Media

What the data says about Bedford, MA

Corpus placement: Bedford, MA ranks #427 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 94th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 16 of 28 tracked employers (~57%); next sectors in the mix are Manufacturing and Healthcare & Social Assistance. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc., and Guidewire Software, Inc. (438 filings combined, ~62% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Bedford, MA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 2 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc., and Guidewire Software, Inc., together 438 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Bedford, MA reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 57% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology plus Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc. account for about 62% of Bedford, MA's H-1B filings in this corpus, so local wage medians are sensitive to those sponsors' role mix.

Among employers with a worksite mapped to Bedford, MA, 2 carry WARN Act history (3 notices, about 533 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Within MA, Bedford, MA is smaller than peers such as Boston, MA (762 employers); Cambridge, MA (282 employers); Waltham, MA (120 employers); use those pages when you need a denser local sponsor list.

WARN layoff activity in Bedford, MA

2 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 3 WARN notices , naming about 533 workers across credible records. Compare those employers' profiles before treating any local offer as stable; see largest WARN layoffs for corpus-wide notices.

Top employers in Bedford, MA

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyEducational Services219$80,784
2Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc.Finance & Insurance148$129,300
3Guidewire Software, Inc.Information & Media71$172,214
4Emd Millipore CORPORATIONProfessional & Technical Services28$140,000
5University of Massachusetts DartmouthEducational Services27$86,195
6Irobot CORPORATIONProfessional & Technical Services25$127,537
7Ustring Solutions LLCProfessional & Technical Services23$80,000
8Edgile LLCProfessional & Technical Services17$198,933
9Eliquent Life Sciences, IncProfessional & Technical Services15$101,406
10Digital Masters IncProfessional & Technical Services14$100,800
11Berkshire Grey INC.Professional & Technical Services14$143,500
12Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.Manufacturing12$170,000
13Strategic Solutions Group, LLCProfessional & Technical Services12$155,000
14Ice Data Connectivity & Feeds INC.Finance & Insurance9$139,289
15Novanta CorporationManufacturing8$93,600
16MannKind CorporationProfessional & Technical Services7$154,274
17Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc.Manufacturing7$117,250
18AspenTech CorporationProfessional & Technical Services6$190,058
19Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.Manufacturing6$179,000
20Instrumentation Laboratory CompanyWholesale Trade5$128,734
21Southcoast Physicians Group, Inc.Healthcare & Social Assistance5$320,000
22Dental Dreams LLCHealthcare & Social Assistance4$122,678
23Anika Therapeutics, Inc.Manufacturing2$112,819
24Obsidian Therapeutics, Inc.Professional & Technical Services2$110,000
25Spectrawave, INC.Manufacturing2$137,586
Sources, citation, and related links for Bedford, MA

Disclaimer: The Bedford, MA overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Bedford, MA from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records and state WARN Act layoff notices, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.