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Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors salary in Boston, MA

The median adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $62,020 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,076 a month.

10th percentile
$49,780
25th percentile
$52,110
Median percentile
$62,020
75th percentile
$80,370
90th percentile
$92,320

Based on 980 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$48,912 take-home a year
Gross pay$62,020
Federal income tax−$5,262
Social Security + Medicare−$4,745
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$3,101
Monthly take-home$4,076
Every two weeks$1,881

Does it go far here?

$57,285Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
50%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,023 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Boston, MA

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$386,300
Emergency Medicine Physicians$356,230
Natural Sciences Managers$291,000
Family Medicine Physicians$284,010
General Internal Medicine Physicians$243,230
Nurse Anesthetists$239,200
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$235,460
Physicians, All Other$229,870

All adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts