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Buyers and Purchasing Agents salary in Boston, MA

The median buyers and purchasing agents in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $93,010 a year, 20% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,801 a month.

10th percentile
$53,080
25th percentile
$70,370
Median percentile
$93,010
75th percentile
$122,890
90th percentile
$153,340

Based on 10,090 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

$69,612 take-home a year
Gross pay$93,010
Federal income tax−$11,632
Social Security + Medicare−$7,115
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$4,651
Monthly take-home$5,801
Every two weeks$2,677

Does it go far here?

$85,909Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
35%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 buyers and purchasing agents salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts