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
Top industries Educational ServicesProfessional & Technical ServicesFinance & InsuranceInformation & MediaHealthcare & Social AssistanceManufacturing

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

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What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Boston, MA, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.

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

Top employers in Boston, MA

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian 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.