Salaries / Biochemists And Biophysicists / Boston
Biochemists And Biophysicists salaries in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data
Employers filed 337 certified H-1B applications for biochemists and biophysicists in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 113 employers.
The middle half of offers were $77,500 to $127,500 a year, with a median of $100,500: 26% above the national median for this job ($79,500).
The most common wage level was Level I (46% of filings).
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Wage levels
DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 46% | — |
| Level II (qualified) | 28% | — |
| Level III (experienced) | 15% | — |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 11% | — |
We don't carry prevailing wages for this occupation yet; the DOL wage search has them.
Who sponsors biochemists and biophysicists here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 33 | $79,000 | — |
| General Hospital Corporation | 25 | $75,000 | — |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital | 16 | $73,500 | — |
| Harvard University | 15 | $76,000 | — |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | 12 | $74,500 | — |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | 11 | $75,000 | — |
| Eli Lilly and Company | 10 | $144,000 | — |
| Sanofi US Services Inc. | 9 | $100,500 | 3 |
| Amgen Inc. | 7 | $119,000 | 7 |
| Tufts University | 7 | $86,500 | — |
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 7 | $120,000 | — |
| Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc. | 6 | $150,500 | 5 |
| Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary | 6 | $80,000 | — |
| CRISPR Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $120,000 | 6 |
| Brandeis University | 5 | $70,000 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Research Associate, Research Scientist, Postdoctoral Scholar, Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Associate, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Scientist, Staff Scientist.
About this data
Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.