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Cambridge, MA

Cambridge, MA is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 282 tracked employers at a $130,000 median H-1B wage across 5,872 LCAs.

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282
Employers
$130,000
Median H-1B wage
5,872
H-1B filings

Cambridge, MA: 282 tracked employers at a $130,000 median H-1B wage across 5,872 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 Cambridge, MA (MA), PlainEmployers rolls up 282 employers at a $130,000 disclosed median with 13 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 282 employers
  • $130,000 median H-1B
  • 5,872 H-1B LCAs
  • 13 WARN employers

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

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

$130,000 Top 46% higher than 54% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $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. Cambridge, 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

Cambridge, MA (282 employers) sits beside Boston, 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, Cambridge, MA ranks #34 of 6906 by employer count (about the 100th percentile).

Boston, MA 762 Waltham, MA 120 Quincy, MA 72 Somerville, MA 67 Woburn, MA 65 Burlington, MA 63
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesManufacturingHealthcare & Social AssistanceInformation & MediaFinance & Insurance

What the data says about Cambridge, MA

Corpus placement: Cambridge, MA ranks #34 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 100th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 126 of 282 tracked employers (~45%); next sectors in the mix are Manufacturing and Healthcare & Social Assistance. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: IBM Corporation, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and The Leland Stanford, Jr University (2,102 filings combined, ~36% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Cambridge, MA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 13 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: IBM Corporation, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and The Leland Stanford, Jr University, together 2,102 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Cambridge, MA reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 45% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

IBM Corporation plus Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. account for about 36% of Cambridge, MA's H-1B filings in this corpus, so local wage medians are sensitive to those sponsors' role mix.

Among employers with a worksite mapped to Cambridge, MA, 13 carry WARN Act history (119 notices, about 7,130 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Same-state context for Cambridge, MA: Boston, MA (762 employers); Waltham, MA (120 employers); Quincy, MA (72 employers). Employer-count gaps between these metros are why a wage offer that looks high in one city can look ordinary in another.

WARN layoff activity in Cambridge, MA

13 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 119 WARN notices , naming about 7,130 workers across credible records. Compare those employers' profiles before treating any local offer as stable; see largest WARN layoffs for corpus-wide notices.

Top employers in Cambridge, MA

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1IBM CorporationProfessional & Technical Services1,558$157,316
2Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Professional & Technical Services282$155,000
3The Leland Stanford, Jr UniversityEducational Services262$101,403
4General Hospital CorporationHealthcare & Social Assistance239$75,000
5Harvard UniversityEducational Services231$77,360
6Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyEducational Services219$80,784
7University of IllinoisEducational Services164$93,065
8Akamai Technologies, Inc.Information & Media150$168,335
9HubSpot, IncInformation & Media141$171,816
10Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.Wholesale Trade132$165,422
11Audible, INC.Information & Media120$158,100
12Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.Manufacturing103$165,000
13Brigham and Women's HospitalHealthcare & Social Assistance102$79,980
14Zifo Technologies, INCProfessional & Technical Services88$101,543
15Genpact LLCProfessional & Technical Services88$138,879
16Novartis Pharmaceuticals CORPORATIONProfessional & Technical Services85$141,190
17The Broad Institute, Inc.Professional & Technical Services71$95,481
18Zebra Technologies CorporationManagement of Companies68$139,970
19Children's Hospital Corporation68$83,321
20Biogen Inc.Healthcare & Social Assistance64$138,861
21ModernaTX, Inc.Professional & Technical Services64$134,202
22GlaxoSmithKline LLCManufacturing55$133,500
23Massachusetts General Physicians OrganizationHealthcare & Social Assistance54$118,458
24Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc.Professional & Technical Services52$106,870
25Sanofi US Services Inc.Manufacturing50$140,733
Sources, citation, and related links for Cambridge, MA

Disclaimer: The Cambridge, 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 Cambridge, 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.