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Boston, MA

Boston, MA rolls up 762 employers with DOL/OSHA/WARN filings and a $141,331 median H-1B wage; Professional & Technical Services currently leads the local roster.

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762
Employers
$141,331
Median H-1B wage
18,362
H-1B filings

Boston, MA: 762 tracked employers at a $141,331 median H-1B wage across 18,362 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 Boston, MA (MA), PlainEmployers rolls up 762 employers at a $141,331 disclosed median with 18 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 762 employers
  • $141,331 median H-1B
  • 18,362 H-1B LCAs
  • 18 WARN employers

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

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

$141,331 Top 37% higher than 63% 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%). Below this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). This entry sits in this band. $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. Boston, 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

Boston, MA (762 employers) sits beside Cambridge, MA, Waltham, MA, Quincy, 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, Boston, MA ranks #12 of 6906 by employer count (about the 100th percentile).

Cambridge, MA 282 Waltham, MA 120 Quincy, MA 72 Somerville, MA 67 Woburn, MA 65 Burlington, MA 63
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesFinance & InsuranceHealthcare & Social AssistanceInformation & MediaManufacturing

What the data says about Boston, MA

Corpus placement: Boston, MA ranks #12 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 100th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 260 of 762 tracked employers (~34%); next sectors in the mix are Finance & Insurance and Healthcare & Social Assistance. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Amazon Web Services, Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments (5,431 filings combined, ~30% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Boston, MA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 18 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Amazon Web Services, Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments, together 5,431 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Among employers with a worksite mapped to Boston, MA, 18 carry WARN Act history (63 notices, about 8,992 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Within MA, Boston, MA is among denser labor markets versus Cambridge, MA (282 employers); Waltham, MA (120 employers); Quincy, MA (72 employers); its median and mix are less likely to swing on a single filing.

WARN layoff activity in Boston, MA

18 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 63 WARN notices , naming about 8,992 workers across credible records. Compare those employers' profiles before treating any local offer as stable; see largest WARN layoffs for corpus-wide notices.

Employer mix in Boston, MA

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Professional & Technical Services leads Boston, MA at ~34% of employers, with 6 other sectors still material in the mix.

Source DOL H-1B, OSHA & WARN filings mapped to NAICS sector

Top employers in Boston, MA

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Amazon Web Services, Inc.Information & Media2,512$152,200
2JPMorgan Chase & Co.1,836$160,000
3Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments1,083$125,119
4Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.747$155,000
5Boston Consulting Group, Inc.Professional & Technical Services425$190,000
6Workday, Inc.Professional & Technical Services341$156,200
7Eli Lilly and CompanyTransportation & Warehousing335$145,697
8Databricks, Inc.Professional & Technical Services333$167,024
9Fidelity Technology Group, LLCFinance & Insurance314-
10McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States303$192,000
11Wayfair LLCProfessional & Technical Services291$150,500
12State Street Bank and Trust CompanyFinance & Insurance278$137,688
13Deloitte & Touche LLP270$137,171
14First Citizens Bank and Trust Co.Finance & Insurance246$150,080
15General Hospital CorporationHealthcare & Social Assistance239$75,000
16Harvard UniversityEducational Services231$77,360
17Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyEducational Services219$80,784
18Chewy, Inc.Transportation & Warehousing167$164,028
19Citizens Financial Group, Inc.Management of Companies159$137,688
20Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedProfessional & Technical Services144$142,800
21Open Avenues FoundationOther Services140$103,210
22IQVIA Inc.Professional & Technical Services138$150,000
23Trustees Of Boston UniversityEducational Services135$90,000
24Tek Leaders IncProfessional & Technical Services130$92,000
25Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterHealthcare & Social Assistance115$92,359
Sources, citation, and related links for Boston, MA

Disclaimer: The Boston, 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 Boston, 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.