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Animal Trainers salary in Boston, MA

The median animal trainers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $42,180 a year, 5% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,830 a month.

10th percentile
$33,670
25th percentile
$33,670
Median percentile
$42,180
75th percentile
$57,160
90th percentile
$82,810

Based on 500 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

$33,963 take-home a year
Gross pay$42,180
Federal income tax−$2,882
Social Security + Medicare−$3,227
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,109
Monthly take-home$2,830
Every two weeks$1,306

Does it go far here?

$38,960Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
71%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 animal trainers salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts