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Associate Research Scientist in Boston, MA

Job title · Boston, Massachusetts

Job title as filed
Associate Research Scientist
City
Boston, Massachusetts
Applications FY2022–FY2026
32
Median offered wage
$78,686
Most common occupation
Biochemists and Biophysicists
Median wage$78,686certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Associate Research Scientist" and a worksite in Boston.

Applications by fiscal year

510FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
510FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20226
FY202310
FY20245
FY20253
FY2026*8
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Northeastern University30
  2. PPD Development, L.P.2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $78,686; middle half $73,550 to $89,430 · median prevailing wage $66,248 (marker) · 31 applications.

$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II31
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Associate Research Scientist" appears on 1,756 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 68 employers for worksites in 82 cities; the median offered wage is $75,000, so the median in Boston is 4.9% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,756
Employers nationwide
68
Cities with filings
82
National median offered wage
$75,000
Share of national filings in Boston
1.8%
Cities with the most applications for Associate Research Scientist
  1. New York City, NY710
  2. New Haven, CT616
  3. West Haven, CT46
  4. College Station, TX36
  5. Baltimore, MD36
  6. Boston, MA32
  7. Tempe, AZ17
  8. Lake Jackson, TX16
  9. Farmington, CT16
  10. Freeport, TX15
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Boston job market

Boston has 34,155 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 10,335 job titles and 3,585 employers; "Associate Research Scientist" ranks #104 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Boston, all job titles
34,155
Job titles filed
10,335
Rank of Associate Research Scientist in Boston
104
Median offered wage in Boston, all job titles
$114,088
National median wage, Biochemists and Biophysicists (all job titles)
$72,928
Other job titles in Boston
  1. Research Fellow1,731
  2. Software Engineer580
  3. Senior Software Engineer579
  4. Assistant Professor558
  5. Clinical Fellow469
  6. Software Developer378
  7. Software Engineer II376
  8. Resident375
  9. Associate357
  10. Software Development Engineer II348
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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