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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Employer · Massachusetts, United States

Employer address
Massachusetts, United States
Applications on record
4,317
FY2025 applications
290
FY2026 to 30 June
186
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
100.0%
Median offered wage
$78,290
Most common occupation
Biochemists and Biophysicists
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified100.0%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Massachusetts Institute of Technology appears in 4,317 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 290.

Applications by fiscal year — Massachusetts Institute of Technology

145290FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
145290FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008167
FY2009192
FY2010263
FY2011202
FY2012241
FY2013269
FY2014199
FY2015245
FY2016250
FY2017219
FY2018217
FY2019201
FY2020196
FY2021211
FY2022281
FY2023246
FY2024242
FY2025290
FY2026*186
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*17412
FY202527911
FY20242402
FY20232424
FY202227110
FY20212065
FY20201906
FY20191929
FY201820512
FY20172118
FY201623515
FY201523510
FY20141954
FY20132636
FY201222912
FY201119012
FY201024716
FY20091884
FY200815710
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
MA4,294
CA10
NY3
MD3
NJ3
VA2
OH1
WI1
Worksite states
  1. Massachusetts4,294
  2. California10
  3. New York3
  4. Maryland3
  5. New Jersey3
  6. Virginia2
  7. Ohio1
  8. Wisconsin1
Worksite cities
  1. Cambridge, MA4,271
  2. Westford, MA4
  3. La Jolla, CA4
  4. Princeton, NJ3
  5. Greenbelt, MD3
  6. Boston, MA3
  7. Stanford, CA2
  8. Newport News, VA2
  9. New York City, NY2
  10. Mountain View, CA2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Biochemists and Biophysicists728
  2. Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists347
  3. Chemical Engineers274
  4. Physicists258
  5. Computer and Information Research Scientists215
  6. Materials Scientists179
  7. Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary166
  8. Chemists119
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Postdoctoral Associate2,016
  2. Research Scientist1,313
  3. Assistant Professor208
  4. Research Associate101
  5. Senior Postdoctoral Associate68
  6. Lecturer65
  7. Postdoctoral Associate/postdoctoral Fellow63
  8. Postdoctoral Fellow57

Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $78,290; middle half $71,000 to $105,000 · median prevailing wage $60,216 (marker) · 679 applications.

$60k$85k$110k$135k$160k
$60k$85k$110k$135k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I448
  2. Level II58
  3. Level III98
  4. Level IV22
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Green card sponsorship (PERM)

Country of citizenship of the workers named in certified and pending PERM applications (countries with fewer than five applications are not shown).

PERM applications by country of citizenship
  1. Germany15
  2. Canada14
  3. China13
  4. India10
  5. Spain10
  6. Italy9
  7. Russia6
  8. Israel5
  9. United Kingdom5
  10. Switzerland5
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — PERM disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Law firms on the filings

Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).

Applications by law firm
  1. Nixon Peabody LLP1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Among employers in Massachusetts

Massachusetts Institute of Technology has 4,317 work visa applications on record (FY2008–FY2026), ranking #19 of 6,297 sponsoring employers in Massachusetts and #223 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 1.00% of the applications filed by employers based in Massachusetts.

Rank in Massachusetts
19 of 6,297
Rank in the United States
223 of 168,030
Share of Massachusetts's applications
1.00%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 611) in Massachusetts
333
Largest sponsoring employers in Massachusetts
  1. Virtusa Corporation13,005
  2. Randstad Technologies, LLC11,730
  3. Fidelity Technology Group, LLC11,656
  4. Patni Americas Inc.10,160
  5. NTT Data, Inc.9,000
  6. The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.8,475
  7. The Mathworks, Inc.8,037
  8. Emc Corporation6,787
  9. Avco Consulting Inc6,325
  10. Harvard University6,206
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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