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Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary salary in Boston, MA

The median art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $96,170 a year, 22% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,973 a month.

10th percentile
$61,800
25th percentile
$67,180
Median percentile
$96,170
75th percentile
$126,340
90th percentile
$157,100

Based on 3,820 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

$71,677 take-home a year
Gross pay$96,170
Federal income tax−$12,327
Social Security + Medicare−$7,357
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$4,809
Monthly take-home$5,973
Every two weeks$2,757

Does it go far here?

$88,828Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
34%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 art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts