Boston College — 422 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 45
- Filings · FY2025
- $120k
- Median base · FY2025
- Assistant Professor
- Top role · 30 all-time
- MA
- Top state · 421 all-time
Boston College filed 45 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 21% from the year before), with a median base salary of $120k and the middle 50% of offers between $95k and $146k. That is 13% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 422 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Assistant Professor in Massachusetts.
How much does Boston College pay H-1B workers?
Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $120k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Boston College's H-1B hiring changed by year?
15 certified filings in FY2016 → 35 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 35 | −22% | $112k |
| FY2025 | 45 | −21% | $120k |
| FY2024 | 57 | +24% | $102k |
| FY2023 | 46 | −15% | $83k |
| FY2022 | 54 | +26% | $97k |
| FY2021 | 43 | +8% | $95k |
| FY2020 | 40 | +38% | $75k |
| FY2019 | 29 | −3% | $93k |
| FY2018 | 30 | +7% | $103k |
| FY2017 | 28 | +87% | $80k |
| FY2016 | 15 | — | $78k |
Which wage levels does Boston College file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 23% of Boston College's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.
Share of 399 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I39.8%159
- Level II37.1%148
- Level III15.3%61
- Level IV7.8%31
What jobs does Boston College sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles. Open a title for Boston College's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 30 | $110k |
| Senior Applications Developer | 12 | $104k |
| Postdoctoral Research Fellow | 10 | $66k |
| Assistant Professor, Finance | 8 | $175k |
| Research Associate | 7 | $64k |
| Assistant Professor, Economics | 6 | $160k |
| Assistant Coach, Field Hockey | 5 | $56k |
| Principal Applications Developer | 5 | $125k |
| Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Chemistry | 5 | $60k |
| Research Economist | 5 | $120k |
Where does Boston College hire H-1B workers?
Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| MA | 421 | $98k |
| CA | 1 | $50k |
What has Boston College filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 422 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Boston College's H-1B filings
- How much does Boston College pay H-1B workers?
- Boston College's median certified H-1B base salary is $120k (FY2025), from 45 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Boston College sponsor?
- Boston College has 422 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Boston College sponsor for H-1B?
- Boston College's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Assistant Professor, Senior Applications Developer, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Assistant Professor, Finance.
- Where does Boston College hire H-1B workers?
- Boston College's top H-1B worksite states are MA, CA.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2016–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →