Massachusetts Institute of Technology visa sponsorship salaries

Massachusetts Institute of Technology has 275 certified work-visa filings with a disclosed wage. The median is $78,100; half of filings fall between $71,000 and $110,000. Headquarters on file: Cambridge, MA.

Median: $78,100
25th pct: $71,000
75th pct: $110,000
90th pct: $140,430
Filings: 275

Salaries by occupation

Grouped by federal occupation code, pooling every job title variant

Occupations sponsored by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with wage percentiles
Occupation	Filings	25th	Median	75th
Biochemists and Biophysicists	63	$71,000	$75,000	$80,000
Physicists	28	$72,000	$78,000	$85,500
Mechanical Engineers, R&d	25	$69,000	$71,027	$85,000
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	14	$130,300	$140,400	$145,025
Chemical Engineers	14	$66,950	$66,950	$71,000
Computer and Information Research Scientists	11	$110,000	$110,947	$112,288
Electrical Engineers, R&d	10	$70,987	$71,250	$75,705
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	8	$198,000	$215,725	$245,350
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	7	$71,000	$71,000	$86,882
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	7	$129,860	$135,000	$144,000
Materials Scientists	6	$71,000	$72,750	$86,125
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	6	$67,963	$71,000	$71,000
Astronomers	6	$82,000	$84,000	$90,875
Operations Research Analysts	5	$72,000	$76,000	$113,573
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	5	$75,000	$75,000	$79,959
Materials Engineers	5	$66,950	$71,000	$71,000
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary	5	$136,000	$140,400	$140,450
Molecular and Cellular Biologists	4	$71,000	$71,125	$74,938
Mechanical Engineers	3	$67,975	$69,000	$74,500
Economists	3	$97,400	$124,800	$125,400
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary	3	$192,350	$244,700	$255,400
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary	3	$131,638	$137,000	$138,500
Urban and Regional Planners	3	$75,655	$84,360	$93,991
Nuclear Engineers	3	$104,500	$105,000	$105,595
General and Operations Managers	2	$400,000	$400,000	$400,000
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	2	$79,125	$82,455	$85,785
Environmental Engineers	2	$69,000	$69,000	$69,000
Soil and Plant Scientists	2	$71,500	$71,500	$71,500
Aerospace Engineers	2	$110,121	$123,064	$136,007
Mathematicians	2	$69,600	$72,250	$74,900

Salaries by job title

The exact wording Massachusetts Institute of Technology used on its filings

Job titles at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with wage percentiles
Job title	Filings	25th	Median	75th
Postdoctoral Associate	105	$67,040	$71,000	$71,500
Research Scientist	97	$77,700	$83,350	$105,000
Assistant Professor	34	$135,175	$140,400	$146,500
Senior Postdoctoral Associate	8	$70,223	$70,649	$73,000
Research Engineer	6	$87,571	$104,393	$113,500
Lecturer	6	$81,250	$92,730	$119,822
Research Associate	4	$99,995	$108,597	$116,380
Associate Professor	3	$162,100	$175,000	$192,750
Senior Lecturer	2	$198,000	$198,000	$198,000

Locations

Worksites on file

Individual filings

Most recent certified determinations

Recent certified filings at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Job title	Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Decided
Postdoctoral Associate	Cambridge, MA	$67,076	$47,507	—	Sep 30, 2025
Director of the Mit Museum	Cambridge, MA	$400,000	$177,466	IV	Sep 29, 2025
Postdoctoral Associate	Cambridge, MA	$71,000	$61,381	I	Sep 29, 2025
Research Scientist	Cambridge, MA	$72,500	$58,469	I	Sep 29, 2025
Research Scientist	Cambridge, MA	$78,750	$58,469	I	Sep 23, 2025
Postdoctoral Associate	Cambridge, MA	$80,845	$58,469	I	Sep 22, 2025
Research Scientist	Bedford, MA	$73,500	$58,469	I	Sep 22, 2025
Postdoctoral Associate	Cambridge, MA	$72,000	$69,805	I	Sep 22, 2025
Assistant Professor	Cambridge, MA	$301,300	$60,400	I	Sep 22, 2025
Program Scientist	Cambridge, MA	$106,190	$90,688	III	Sep 22, 2025
Postdoctoral Associate	Cambridge, MA	$66,950	$56,638	I	Sep 17, 2025
Senior Postdoctoral Associate	Cambridge, MA	$76,000	$71,989	I	Sep 17, 2025
Research Engineer	Cambridge, MA	$95,285	$95,285	III	Sep 17, 2025
Postdoctoral Associate	Cambridge, MA	$78,700	$77,563	II	Sep 16, 2025
Postdoctoral Associate	Cambridge, MA	$71,000	$51,750	I	Sep 16, 2025
Assistant Professor	Cambridge, MA	$121,000	$64,700	I	Sep 10, 2025
Assistant Professor	Cambridge, MA	$121,000	$64,700	I	Sep 10, 2025
Assistant Professor	Cambridge, MA	$141,100	$67,870	I	Sep 10, 2025
Assistant Professor	Cambridge, MA	$141,200	$67,870	I	Sep 10, 2025
Postdoctoral Associate	Cambridge, MA	$66,950	$51,771	—	Sep 8, 2025
Postdoctoral Associate	Cambridge, MA	$78,500	$77,563	II	Sep 4, 2025
Postdoctoral Associate	Cambridge, MA	$71,000	$54,517	I	Sep 4, 2025
Postdoctoral Associate	Cambridge, MA	$71,000	$61,381	I	Sep 3, 2025
Research Scientist	Cambridge, MA	$70,040	$47,507	I	Aug 29, 2025
Research Engineer	Cambridge, MA	$148,950	$123,469	IV	Aug 28, 2025

Wages shown are base salary as filed with the Department of Labor. They exclude bonuses, equity and other compensation, so total pay at Massachusetts Institute of Technology is typically higher than the figures above.