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
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesManufacturingEducational ServicesHealthcare & Social AssistanceOther ServicesInformation & Media

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

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

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

Top employers in Cambridge, MA

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian 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.