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Senior Research Associate in Cambridge, MA

Job title · Cambridge, Massachusetts

Job title as filed
Senior Research Associate
City
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Applications FY2022–FY2026
130
Median offered wage
$87,550
Most common occupation
Biological Scientists, All Other
Median wage$87,550certified 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 "Senior Research Associate" and a worksite in Cambridge.

Applications by fiscal year

2142FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2142FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202242
FY202330
FY202422
FY202516
FY2026*20
Certified (decided applications)
98.4%
Employers filing
51
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. Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.23
  2. Sana Biotechnology, Inc.13
  3. Repertoire Immune Medicines, Inc.7
  4. Flagship Labs 85, Inc.6
  5. Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.6
  6. Aquinnah Pharmaceuticals Inc.4
  7. BioNTech US Inc.4
  8. Omega Therapeutics, Inc.3
  9. Sail Biomedicines, Inc.3
  10. Ring Therapeutics, Inc.3
  11. The Broad Institute, Inc.3
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 $87,550; middle half $84,000 to $93,900 · median prevailing wage $83,189 (marker) · 125 applications.

$60k$70k$80k$90k$100k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I29
  2. Level II90
  3. Level III7
  4. Level IV3
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 "Senior Research Associate" appears on 1,198 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 346 employers for worksites in 165 cities; the median offered wage is $84,000, so the median in Cambridge is 4.2% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,198
Employers nationwide
346
Cities with filings
165
National median offered wage
$84,000
Share of national filings in Cambridge
10.9%
Cities with the most applications for Senior Research Associate
  1. Cambridge, MA130
  2. New York City, NY97
  3. Dallas, TX83
  4. Cleveland, OH41
  5. South San Francisco, CA40
  6. Portland, OR39
  7. Boston, MA37
  8. Somerville, MA32
  9. Houston, TX32
  10. Waltham, MA28
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Cambridge job market

Cambridge has 12,657 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 4,540 job titles and 1,420 employers; "Senior Research Associate" ranks #7 by applications, with 1.0% of them.

Applications in Cambridge, all job titles
12,657
Job titles filed
4,540
Rank of Senior Research Associate in Cambridge
7
Median offered wage in Cambridge, all job titles
$120,000
National median wage, Biological Scientists, All Other (all job titles)
$78,083
Other job titles in Cambridge
  1. Software Engineer717
  2. Research Scientist652
  3. Postdoctoral Associate549
  4. Postdoctoral Fellow257
  5. Research Associate248
  6. Assistant Professor210
  7. Research Scientist II107
  8. Scientist105
  9. Software Development Engineer II104
  10. Senior Software Engineer103
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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