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Biochemists and Biophysicists salary in Boston, MA

The median biochemists and biophysicists in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $131,550 a year, 3% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $7,884 a month.

10th percentile
$79,360
25th percentile
$103,790
Median percentile
$131,550
75th percentile
$165,170
90th percentile
$208,710

Based on 13,370 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

$94,603 take-home a year
Gross pay$131,550
Federal income tax−$20,306
Social Security + Medicare−$10,064
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$6,578
Monthly take-home$7,884
Every two weeks$3,639

Does it go far here?

$121,506Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
26%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 biochemists and biophysicists salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts