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Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers salary in Boston, MA

The median bioengineers and biomedical engineers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $128,550 a year, 18% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $7,725 a month.

10th percentile
$75,930
25th percentile
$101,220
Median percentile
$128,550
75th percentile
$157,020
90th percentile
$194,790

Based on 4,040 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

$92,702 take-home a year
Gross pay$128,550
Federal income tax−$19,586
Social Security + Medicare−$9,834
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$6,428
Monthly take-home$7,725
Every two weeks$3,565

Does it go far here?

$118,735Median 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 bioengineers and biomedical engineers salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts