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Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary salary in Boston, MA

The median atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $124,440 a year, 21% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $7,508 a month.

10th percentile
$66,840
25th percentile
$83,430
Median percentile
$124,440
75th percentile
$186,320
90th percentile
$217,460

Based on 320 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

$90,099 take-home a year
Gross pay$124,440
Federal income tax−$18,600
Social Security + Medicare−$9,520
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$6,222
Monthly take-home$7,508
Every two weeks$3,465

Does it go far here?

$114,939Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
27%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 atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts