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Cap-exempt employers in Massachusetts

45 employers in Massachusetts appear cap-exempt in the register, 7 of them verified by hand and 3 with a connected careers feed. Ground 1 (higher education) dominates with 38; ground 2 (affiliated nonprofit) follows with 7. The largest by FY2026 H-1B approvals are Harvard University (162), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (158), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (143).

All 45 employers

By FY2026 H-1B approvals
Harvard UniversityCambridge, MAGround 1Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MAGround 1no feedDana-Farber Cancer InstituteBoston, MAGround 2VerifiedBrigham and Women's HospitalSomerville, MAGround 2VerifiedTrustees of Boston UniversityBoston, MAGround 1no feedNortheastern UniversityBoston, MAGround 1no feedBoston Medical Center CorporationBoston, MAGround 2Verifiedno feedTufts UniversityMedford, MAGround 1no feedUniversity of Massachusetts LowellLowell, MAGround 1no feedBoston CollegeChestnut Hill, MAGround 1no feedUMASS Memorial Medical Group INCWorcester, MAGround 2Verifiedno feedWorcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MAGround 1no feedBrandeis UniversityWaltham, MAGround 1no feedTrustees of the Smith CollegeNorthampton, MAGround 1no feedTufts Medical Center INCBoston, MAGround 2Verifiedno feedUMASS Memorial Medical Center INCWorcester, MAGround 2Verifiedno feedBentley UniversityWaltham, MAGround 1no feedWilliams CollegeWilliamstown, MAGround 1no feedMount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, MAGround 1no feedSuffolk UniversityBoston, MAGround 1no feedTrustees of Amherst CollegeAmherst, MAGround 1no feedEmerson CollegeBoston, MAGround 1no feedNew England College of OptometryBoston, MAGround 1no feedAssumption UniversityWorcester, MAGround 1no feedSimmons UniversityBoston, MAGround 1no feedWentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, MAGround 1no feedCollege of the Holy CrossWorcester, MAGround 1no feedGordon CollegeWenham, MAGround 1no feedMerrimack CollegeNorth Andover, MAGround 1no feedWestern New England UniversitySpringfield, MAGround 1no feedBabson CollegeBabson Park, MAGround 1no feedChildren's Hospital CorporationBoston, MAGround 2Verifiedno feedClark UniversityWorcester, MAGround 1no feedFisher CollegeBoston, MAGround 1no feedHult International Business School INCCambridge, MAGround 1no feedQuinsigamond Community CollegeWorcester, MAGround 1no feedBerklee College of MusicBoston, MAGround 1no feedFranklin W Olin College of Engineering INCNeedham, MAGround 1no feedLasell UniversityNewton, MAGround 1no feedMgh Institute of Health ProfessionsSomerville, MAGround 1no feedNichols College of Business AdministrationDudley, MAGround 1no feedRegis CollegeWeston, MAGround 1no feedSalem State UniversitySalem, MAGround 1no feedSpringfield CollegeSpringfield, MAGround 1no feedWellesley CollegeWellesley, MAGround 1no feed

Openings in Massachusetts

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All openings in Massachusetts in the jobs search. A posting counts for Massachusetts when its location text names the state, or, failing that, when its employer is based there.

What employers in Massachusetts hire on H-1B

DOL FY2025 certified LCAs
Occupation (SOC)LCAsMedian wageEmployers
Biochemists and Biophysicists125$73,2006
Molecular and Cellular Biologists107$74,9822
Biological Scientists, All Other78$71,5772
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary68$124,0765
Business Teachers, Postsecondary53$119,40013
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary50$100,2506
Physicists42$75,2752
Bioinformatics Scientists33$68,7122

Totals add up each employer’s five most-certified occupations in DOL FY2025 Labor Condition Applications, so they understate the state’s full hiring. Median wage is the median of those employers’ median offered wages; it is an approximation, not a state-wide median.