Salaries / Regulatory Affairs Specialists / Boston
Regulatory Affairs Specialists salaries in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data
Employers filed 124 certified H-1B applications for regulatory affairs specialists in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 87 employers.
The middle half of offers were $82,000 to $128,000 a year, with a median of $100,000: 8% above the national median for this job ($92,500).
The most common wage level was Level II (39% 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) | 11% | — |
| Level II (qualified) | 39% | — |
| Level III (experienced) | 22% | — |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 28% | — |
We don't carry prevailing wages for this occupation yet; the DOL wage search has them.
Who sponsors regulatory affairs specialists here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 5 | $103,000 | 1 |
| ModernaTX, Inc. | 5 | $128,500 | 2 |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | 4 | $136,500 | 3 |
| General Hospital Corporation | 4 | $78,000 | — |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 4 | $177,500 | — |
| Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc. | 4 | $178,000 | 4 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $193,000 | — |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | 3 | $107,000 | — |
| EMD Serono Research and Development Institute, Inc. | 2 | $136,500 | 1 |
| Unicon Sciences | 2 | $98,500 | — |
| Akston Biosciences Corporation | 2 | $85,000 | — |
| Belmont Instrument LLC | 2 | $105,500 | 1 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 2 | $166,000 | — |
| Sathram Corporation | 2 | $81,500 | 2 |
| Samsung HME America, Inc. | 2 | $105,000 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Compliance Officer, Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Regulatory Affairs Associate, Regulatory & Compliance Analyst, Regulatory And Compliance Analyst, Security Industry Spclst Ii, Principal Regulatory Affairs Specialist.
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.