Salaries / Electrical Engineers / Boston
Electrical Engineers salaries in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 144 certified H-1B applications for electrical engineers in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 90 employers.
The middle half of offers were $112,500 to $149,000 a year, with a median of $131,000: 3% above the national median for this job ($127,500).
The most common wage level was Level II (32% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $87,818 at Level I and $109,616 at Level II.
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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) | 24% | $87,818 |
| Level II (qualified) | 32% | $109,616 |
| Level III (experienced) | 22% | $131,435 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 22% | $153,234 |
Who sponsors electrical engineers here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analog Devices, Inc. | 18 | $141,000 | 8 |
| Vicor Corporation | 9 | $90,000 | — |
| Lightmatter, Inc. | 5 | $134,500 | — |
| Infineon Technologies Americas Corp. | 3 | $105,000 | 4 |
| NxStage Medical Inc., a Fresenius Medical Care N.A. company | 3 | $112,500 | 2 |
| Apple Inc. | 3 | $114,000 | 41 |
| SharkNinja Operating LLC | 3 | $112,500 | 1 |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | 2 | $141,500 | 2 |
| Schneider Electric It Corporation | 2 | $140,000 | 2 |
| University of Massachusetts Lowell | 2 | $97,000 | — |
| E Ink Corporation | 2 | $120,000 | 2 |
| Robert W. Sullivan, Inc. | 2 | $107,500 | 1 |
| Teradyne, Inc. | 2 | $169,000 | 1 |
| Tufts University | 2 | $82,500 | — |
| Hyannis Port Research Inc | 2 | $132,000 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Electrical Engineer, Silicon Engineering, Senior Electrical Engineer, Controls Engineer, Hardware Systems Engineering, Engineer, Field Service Engineer, Rf Engineer.
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.