Metro area · MA
Boston, MA
H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 684 employers in the Boston, MA metro.
- 684
- Employers
- $136,625
- Median H-1B wage
- 8,025
- H-1B filings
The metro at a glance
Boston, MA, MA aggregates 684 tracked employers at a $136,625 median H-1B wage and 8,025 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Educational Services and Professional & Technical Services.
- 684
- employers
- $136,625
- median H-1B wage
- 8,025
- H-1B filings
- 5
- top industries
What the data says about this metro
Metro pages on PlainEmployers gather every employer whose federal filings tie to a single regional labor market, so you can see where H-1B hiring concentrates, which sectors dominate, and how often layoffs are filed in one place. Every figure below comes from the same three public datasets behind individual profiles, the Department of Labor H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury records, and state WARN Act notices, aggregated across the metro. Use these regional numbers as the backdrop against which any single local employer should be read.
Boston, MA, MA aggregates 684 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $136,625, with hiring concentrated in Educational Services, Professional & Technical Services, Finance & Insurance. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.
Headline sponsors: Amazon Web Services, Inc., Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments, and Fidelity Technology Group, LLC, together 2,024 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.
Metro-area figures sum the employer records tied to this region's labor market, based on WARN Act notices and US Department of Labor data. Geographic boundaries are approximate: a filing is attributed to the metro of the affected worksite, so a multi-site employer may appear across several metros, and remote reductions can be hard to localize. Local economic conditions, seasonal patterns, and the presence of one or two very large employers can all skew a metro's totals. Use these numbers to understand the broad shape of activity in the area, not as a precise census, and consult the individual records and the methodology for the underlying detail.
Employer mix in Boston, MA
Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
260 employers
- Finance & Insurance
Finance & Insurance
107 employers
- Healthcare & Social Assist… 53
Healthcare & Social Assistance
53 employers
- Information & Media 33
Information & Media
33 employers
- Manufacturing 26
Manufacturing
26 employers
- Educational Services 22
Educational Services
22 employers
- Other Services 14
Other Services
14 employers
What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Boston, MA, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.
Top employers in Boston, MA
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon Web Services, Inc. Information & Media | 1,256 | $163,009 |
| 2 | Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments Finance & Insurance | 454 | $129,138 |
| 3 | Fidelity Technology Group, LLC Finance & Insurance | 314 | - |
| 4 | Boston Consulting Group, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 221 | $191,233 |
| 5 | Workday, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 171 | $156,667 |
| 6 | Eli Lilly and Company Transportation & Warehousing | 161 | $144,786 |
| 7 | State Street Bank and Trust Company Finance & Insurance | 159 | $134,035 |
| 8 | McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States Professional & Technical Services | 156 | $243,994 |
| 9 | Databricks, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 155 | $170,998 |
| 10 | Harvard University Educational Services | 155 | $113,614 |
| 11 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Educational Services | 155 | $92,824 |
| 12 | General Hospital Corporation Healthcare & Social Assistance | 133 | $128,023 |
| 13 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Healthcare & Social Assistance | 102 | $79,980 |
| 14 | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Professional & Technical Services | 90 | $87,155 |
| 15 | Chewy, Inc. Transportation & Warehousing | 87 | $165,988 |
| 16 | Open Avenues Foundation Other Services | 84 | $83,819 |
| 17 | Citizens Financial Group, Inc. Management of Companies | 84 | $133,038 |
| 18 | IQVIA Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 83 | $142,057 |
| 19 | Children's Hospital Corporation Healthcare & Social Assistance | 77 | $91,341 |
| 20 | TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY Educational Services | 76 | $117,723 |
| 21 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Professional & Technical Services | 73 | - |
| 22 | Wayfair LLC Professional & Technical Services | 72 | $169,691 |
| 23 | Motional AD Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 67 | $130,508 |
| 24 | First Citizens Bank and Trust Co. Finance & Insurance | 57 | $141,055 |
| 25 | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Healthcare & Social Assistance | 56 | $101,047 |
What this means if you work in Boston, MA
Use Boston, MA's $136,625 median as the local benchmark, H-1B wages are legally tied to each metro's prevailing wage, so the same role pays differently city to city.
- A same-role H-1B offer well below $136,625 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 684 tracked employers.
- Amazon Web Services, Inc. leads local H-1B sponsorship; compare its pay and safety grade against peers before applying. Compare employers
- Check an employer’s WARN layoff history for job-stability risk in this metro. Largest layoffs
Metro figures aggregate worksites by city; a multi-site employer can appear across several metros, and remote roles are hard to localize.