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Salaries in
Cambridge, MA.

24 careers and 22 employers have supported pay benchmarks here. Select a career to compare actual salary coverage, then open a package or benchmark for its pay components and measurement details.

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Research Scientist · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA

For Research Scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA, the median offered annual base wage is USD $88,659. The sample denominator is 72 offered-wage filings. Measurement period: FY 2026 filings. Benchmark year: 2026.

Wages.fyi calculates this median from available regulatory wage filings. Filings describe offered base wages, not realized employee earnings or total compensation. Bonus and equity are not inferred.

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Postdoctoral Associate · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA

For Postdoctoral Associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA, the median offered annual base wage is USD $72,000. The sample denominator is 57 offered-wage filings. Measurement period: FY 2026 filings. Benchmark year: 2026.

Wages.fyi calculates this median from available regulatory wage filings. Filings describe offered base wages, not realized employee earnings or total compensation. Bonus and equity are not inferred.

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Software Engineer · Google LLC · Cambridge, MA

For Software Engineer at Google LLC in Cambridge, MA, the median offered annual base wage is USD $176,000. The sample denominator is 53 offered-wage filings. Measurement period: FY 2026 filings. Benchmark year: 2026.

Wages.fyi calculates this median from available regulatory wage filings. Filings describe offered base wages, not realized employee earnings or total compensation. Bonus and equity are not inferred.

Coverage refreshed . Refresh dates can differ from when compensation was earned or wages were offered.

Only public source benchmarks with at least five samples and a disclosed median appear here. Samples can overlap and are never added into an employee total. Source sampling methods apply; published sample counts are not guaranteed to represent unique employees. Missing pay components stay undisclosed. Methodology.

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Akamai Technologies, Inc. · Software Engineer

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Alnylam US, Inc. · Senior Scientist

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Amgen Inc. · Process Development Senior Scientist

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Apple Inc. · Machine Learning Research

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Apple Inc. · Machine Learning

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

AUDIBLE, INC. · Software Development Engineer II

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

BIOINTRON BIOLOGICAL USA INC · Business Development/Sales Associate of Biology Products

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company · Senior Scientist

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Google LLC · Software Engineer

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Harvard University · Postdoctoral Fellow

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Harvard University · Professor

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Harvard University · Research Associate

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Harvard University · Research Scientist

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Howard Hughes Medical Institute · Postdoctoral Scientist

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

HubSpot, Inc. · Software Engineer

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Postdoctoral Associate

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Professor

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Research Scientist

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Meta Platforms, Inc · Software Engineer

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Microsoft Corporation · Applied Sciences

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Microsoft Corporation · Software Engineer

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc. · Research Scientist

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc. · Principal Scientist I

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc. · SENIOR SCIENTIST I

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc. · Senior Scientist II

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

PHILIPS NORTH AMERICA LLC · Software Development Engineer

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Schlumberger Technology Corporation · Research Scientist

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc. · Manager, Statistics

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc. · Research Investigator

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

The Broad Institute, Inc. · Computational Associate II

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

The Broad Institute, Inc. · Computational Scientist II

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

The Broad Institute, Inc. · Postdoctoral Associate

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

Wave Life Sciences USA, Inc. · Scientist I, Biology

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage

ZIFO TECHNOLOGIES, INC · Research Analyst

Cambridge, MA · Base pay coverage
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How to read Cambridge, MA pay data.

What is available?

34 supported pay benchmarks across 22 employers in Cambridge, MA. Base-pay benchmarks describe salary or offered wages; stock and bonus may be unavailable. Missing components stay undisclosed.

How current are the numbers?

This coverage was last refreshed Oct 18, 2026. Each row shows its own measurement period. A collection date can differ from the year when compensation was earned or a wage was offered.

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