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Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys salary in Boston, MA

The median broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $79,310 a year, 68% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,055 a month.

10th percentile
$43,800
25th percentile
$56,720
Median percentile
$79,310
75th percentile
$159,710
90th percentile
$238,290

Based on 180 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

$60,659 take-home a year
Gross pay$79,310
Federal income tax−$8,618
Social Security + Medicare−$6,067
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$3,966
Monthly take-home$5,055
Every two weeks$2,333

Does it go far here?

$73,255Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
40%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 broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts