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Communications Teachers, Postsecondary salary in Boston, MA

The median communications teachers, postsecondary in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $80,890 a year, 3% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,141 a month.

10th percentile
$60,730
25th percentile
$64,840
Median percentile
$80,890
75th percentile
$100,890
90th percentile
$169,480

Based on 920 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

$61,692 take-home a year
Gross pay$80,890
Federal income tax−$8,966
Social Security + Medicare−$6,188
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$4,045
Monthly take-home$5,141
Every two weeks$2,373

Does it go far here?

$74,714Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
39%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 communications teachers, postsecondary salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts