Biochemists and Biophysicists
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Estimated employment 13,370.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of biochemists and biophysicists in Boston earn more.
$131,550 in Boston buys what $121,500 buys across the country as a whole.
Boston's regional price parity is 108.3 — well above the national average — a dollar here buys noticeably less than in the US as a whole. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Massachusetts
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Boston |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston This page | $131,550 | $121,500 | 108.3 | — |
| Worcester | $125,420 | $122,300 | 102.5 | +0.7% |
Price parity and difference against Boston are in the full table on wider screens.
Who pays what
Median offered salary from visa filings, which disclose employer, title and exact figure. Government wage surveys never publish at this level.
| Employer | Median offer | Range | Filings | vs. metro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merck Research Laboratories Massachusetts | $151,900 | $96k – $157k | 6 | +15.5% |
| Takeda Development Center Americas | $134,794 | $98k – $162k | 8 | +2.5% |
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals | $126,610 | $80k – $146k | 7 | −3.8% |
| Tessera Therapeutics | $115,000 | $88k – $156k | 8 | −12.6% |
| Pfizer | $107,099 | $88k – $127k | 5 | −18.6% |
| Modernatx | $107,099 | $107k – $146k | 9 | −18.6% |
| Amgen | $100,693 | $89k – $139k | 8 | −23.5% |
Offer ranges and filing counts are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employer pay
- Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. The table draws on 51 certified filings across 7 employers.
- Employment
- 13,370 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 19-1021, Biochemists and Biophysicists. Mapped to our taxonomy as biochemists-and-biophysicists.
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. Visa filings record offered base salary at time of application, exclude equity and bonus, and skew toward larger employers — treat the employer table as a floor, not an average. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.