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Molecular and Cellular Biologists in Boston, MA: H-1B salaries

1,624 labor condition applications for this occupation with a work site in Boston, MA. Median offered base salary $76,000; middle half $67,666–$90,000.

Applications (LCAs)1,624

Median offered salary$76,000

Middle half of salaries$67,666–$90,000

10th–90th percentile$60,780–$119,600

By wage level

Wage level	Median salary
Level I (entry)	$70,500
Level II (qualified)	$80,000
Level III (experienced)	$105,331
Level IV (fully competent)	$138,900

The Department of Labor sets four prevailing wage levels for each occupation and area, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). The employer picks the level that matches the job's requirements.

Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	407	$75,000
Harvard University	254	$76,000
Children's Hospital Corporation	242	$75,000
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.	131	$61,800
Trustees of Boston University	73	$70,000
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	59	$105,536
General Hospital Corporation	44	$75,504
Brigham and Women's Hospital	40	$73,702
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.	37	$105,331
Howard Hughes Medical Institute	25	$78,280
CRISPR Therapeutics, Inc.	19	$100,460
Eli Lilly and Company	18	$139,216
Joslin Diabetes Center	16	$71,750
Tufts Medical Center, Inc.	13	$61,572
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary	12	$72,384
Asimov, Inc.	11	$119,000
Strand Therapeutics Inc.	10	$95,940
Somite Therapeutics	10	$125,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Instittue	9	$87,401
Foundation Medicine, Inc.	8	$91,978
Putnam Associates, LLC	7	$120,000
Danar-Farber Cancer Institute	7	$71,000
Children's Hospital Pediatric Associates, Inc.	7	$96,523
Dewpoint Therapeutics, Inc.	6	$111,500
Institute for Protein Innovation Inc.	6	$90,230
Tufts University	5	$68,827
Open Avenues Foundation	5	—
Emulate, Inc.	5	$71,490
Zifo Technologies, Inc	5	$76,000
Boston Children's Network Specialty Physicians, Inc	5	$80,357
Ampersand Biomedicines, Inc.	4	$114,250
Chroma Medicine, Inc.	4	$122,500
QLD Biotherapeutics Inc.	4	$112,500
Entrada Therapeutics, Inc.	4	$117,880
Helix Nanotechnologies Inc.	4	$100,000
Merck Research Laboratories Massachusetts, LLC	3	$106,413
Baim Institute for Clinical Research	3	$69,956
Jefferies LLC	3	$150,000
Northeastern University	3	$60,000
Merida Biosciences, Inc.	3	$130,000

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Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications only. An LCA is not a visa approval and one LCA can cover several positions. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2023–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).