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Investigator in Boston, MA

Job title · Boston, Massachusetts

Job title as filed
Investigator
City
Boston, Massachusetts
Applications FY2022–FY2026
209
Median offered wage
$79,600
Most common occupation
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Median wage$79,600certified 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 "Investigator" and a worksite in Boston.

Applications by fiscal year

2549FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2549FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202247
FY202341
FY202427
FY202545
FY2026*49
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
8

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Brigham and Women's Hospital144
  2. General Hospital Corporation43
  3. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates13
  4. AI Proteins, Inc.3
  5. University of Massachusetts Medical School3
  6. Roivant Sciences, Inc.1
  7. Mclean Hospital1
  8. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary1

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

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

Median $79,600; middle half $69,776 to $94,659 · median prevailing wage $69,701 (marker) · 206 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I80
  2. Level II90
  3. Level III26
  4. Level IV10

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Investigator" appears on 310 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 22 employers for worksites in 22 cities; the median offered wage is $84,480, so the median in Boston is 5.8% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
310
Employers nationwide
22
Cities with filings
22
National median offered wage
$84,480
Share of national filings in Boston
67.4%
Cities with the most applications for Investigator
  1. Boston, MA209
  2. Charlestown, MA44
  3. Somerville, MA12
  4. Collegeville, PA7
  5. Belmont, MA7
  6. Cambridge, MA7
  7. La Jolla, CA4
  8. Baltimore, MD3
  9. Raritan, NJ2
  10. North Brunswick, NJ2

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; "Investigator" ranks #18 by applications, with 0.6% of them.

Applications in Boston, all job titles
34,155
Job titles filed
10,335
Rank of Investigator in Boston
18
Median offered wage in Boston, all job titles
$114,088
National median wage, Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists (all job titles)
$70,762
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