Metro area · MA
Cambridge, MA
H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 255 employers in the Cambridge, MA metro.
- 255
- Employers
- $122,000
- Median H-1B wage
- 3,761
- H-1B filings
The metro at a glance
Cambridge, MA, MA aggregates 255 tracked employers at a $122,000 median H-1B wage and 3,761 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services and Manufacturing.
- 255
- employers
- $122,000
- median H-1B wage
- 3,761
- 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.
Cambridge, MA, MA aggregates 255 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $122,000, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services, Manufacturing, Educational Services. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.
Headline sponsors: IBM Corporation, The Leland Stanford, Jr University, and University of Illinois, together 1,592 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 Cambridge, MA
Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
126 employers
- Manufacturing 27
Manufacturing
27 employers
- Healthcare & Social Assist… 15
Healthcare & Social Assistance
15 employers
- Information & Media 13
Information & Media
13 employers
- Educational Services 12
Educational Services
12 employers
- Finance & Insurance 12
Finance & Insurance
12 employers
- Wholesale Trade 5
Wholesale Trade
5 employers
What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Cambridge, MA, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.
Top employers in Cambridge, MA
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IBM Corporation Professional & Technical Services | 1,166 | - |
| 2 | The Leland Stanford, Jr University Educational Services | 262 | $101,403 |
| 3 | University of Illinois Educational Services | 164 | $93,065 |
| 4 | Harvard University Educational Services | 155 | $113,614 |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Educational Services | 155 | $92,824 |
| 6 | General Hospital Corporation Healthcare & Social Assistance | 133 | $128,023 |
| 7 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Healthcare & Social Assistance | 102 | $79,980 |
| 8 | Genpact LLC Professional & Technical Services | 88 | $138,879 |
| 9 | Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc. Manufacturing | 76 | $156,705 |
| 10 | HubSpot, Inc Information & Media | 75 | $282,047 |
| 11 | Akamai Technologies, Inc. Information & Media | 73 | $158,995 |
| 12 | ZIFO TECHNOLOGIES, INC Professional & Technical Services | 60 | $96,580 |
| 13 | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 51 | $158,220 |
| 14 | AUDIBLE, INC. Information & Media | 46 | $159,727 |
| 15 | Zebra Technologies Corporation Management of Companies | 45 | - |
| 16 | ModernaTX, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 44 | $122,884 |
| 17 | Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. Wholesale Trade | 41 | $173,033 |
| 18 | Saama Technologies, LLC Professional & Technical Services | 38 | $128,266 |
| 19 | The Broad Institute, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 38 | $103,021 |
| 20 | NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION Professional & Technical Services | 38 | $145,670 |
| 21 | Sanofi US Services Inc. Manufacturing | 37 | $129,779 |
| 22 | GlaxoSmithKline LLC Manufacturing | 36 | $140,205 |
| 23 | InnoCore Solutions, Inc Professional & Technical Services | 36 | $110,698 |
| 24 | Biogen Inc. Healthcare & Social Assistance | 30 | $160,276 |
| 25 | CarGurus, Inc. Information & Media | 29 | $181,783 |
What this means if you work in Cambridge, MA
Use Cambridge, MA's $122,000 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 $122,000 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 255 tracked employers.
- IBM Corporation 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.