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Scientist in Boston, MA

Job title · Boston, Massachusetts

Job title as filed
Scientist
City
Boston, Massachusetts
Applications FY2022–FY2026
118
Median offered wage
$91,998
Most common occupation
Biological Scientists, All Other
Median wage$91,998certified 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 "Scientist" and a worksite in Boston.

Applications by fiscal year

1529FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1529FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202229
FY202328
FY202426
FY202516
FY2026*19
Certified (decided applications)
97.5%
Employers filing
13
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. Children's Hospital Corporation59
  2. Dana-farber Cancer Institute27
  3. Children's Hospital Pediatric Associates, Inc.14
  4. Galy Co.4
  5. Institute for Protein Innovation, Inc.3
  6. CRISPR Therapeutics, Inc.2
  7. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company2
  8. Xellar Inc.2
  9. Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc.1
  10. Xsphera Biosciences Incorprated1
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 $91,998; middle half $80,000 to $110,000 · median prevailing wage $68,827 (marker) · 115 applications.

$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I10
  2. Level II70
  3. Level III36
  4. Level IV1
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 "Scientist" appears on 1,727 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 420 employers for worksites in 229 cities; the median offered wage is $100,060, so the median in Boston is 8.1% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,727
Employers nationwide
420
Cities with filings
229
National median offered wage
$100,060
Share of national filings in Boston
6.8%
Cities with the most applications for Scientist
  1. Memphis, TN171
  2. Boston, MA118
  3. South San Francisco, CA108
  4. Cambridge, MA105
  5. Bethesda, MD88
  6. Exton, PA69
  7. San Francisco, CA42
  8. Pasadena, CA39
  9. New York City, NY39
  10. Tarrytown, NY37
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; "Scientist" ranks #28 by applications, with 0.3% of them.

Applications in Boston, all job titles
34,155
Job titles filed
10,335
Rank of Scientist in Boston
28
Median offered wage in Boston, all job titles
$114,088
National median wage, Biological Scientists, All Other (all job titles)
$78,083
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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