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Salaries / Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists / Boston

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists salaries in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27

Employers filed 499 certified H-1B applications for medical scientists, except epidemiologists in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 101 employers.

The middle half of offers were $72,000 to $127,500 a year, with a median of $86,500: 14% above the national median for this job ($76,000).

The most common wage level was Level I (57% of filings).

The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $85,550 at Level I and $109,533 at Level II.

25th percentile$72,000
Median offer$86,500
75th percentile$127,500
National median$76,000

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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.

LevelShare of filingsPrevailing wage (minimum)
Level I (entry)57%$85,550
Level II (qualified)24%$109,533
Level III (experienced)11%$133,494
Level IV (fully competent)8%$157,477

Who sponsors medical scientists, except epidemiologists here

EmployerH-1B filingsMedian offerGreen card filings (PERM, this job, US)
General Hospital Corporation131$72,000—
Brigham and Women's Hospital64$72,000—
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated29$115,0005
Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.20$159,0004
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.20$75,000—
Children's Hospital Corporation16$77,500—
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary15$72,000—
Trustees Of Boston University9$82,500—
Alnylam US, Inc.9$170,000—
ClearView Healthcare Partners, LLC9$142,0005
Massachusetts Institute of Technology7$78,000—
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc.6$85,0001
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates5$80,000—
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital5$75,000—
ModernaTX, Inc.5$131,0002

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Common titles filed under this occupation: Research Associate, Research Scientist, Research Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow, Staff Scientist, Postdoctoral Associate, Instructor, Assistant Professor.

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.