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Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary salary in Massachusetts

The median art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary in Massachusetts earns $85,820 a year, 9% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,409 a month.

10th percentile
$59,920
25th percentile
$65,760
Median percentile
$85,820
75th percentile
$111,710
90th percentile
$156,070

Based on 4,960 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

$64,913 take-home a year
Gross pay$85,820
Federal income tax−$10,050
Social Security + Medicare−$6,565
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$4,291
Monthly take-home$5,409
Every two weeks$2,497

Does it go far here?

$81,148Median pay in Massachusetts is worth this at average US prices (local price level 105.8 vs 100).
33%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,762 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Massachusetts

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$387,150
Emergency Medicine Physicians$356,230
Nurse Anesthetists$295,550
General Internal Medicine Physicians$285,250
Family Medicine Physicians$277,490
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$272,240
Natural Sciences Managers$267,290
Physicians, All Other$236,580

All art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts