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Computer Hardware Engineers salary in Boston, MA

The median computer hardware engineers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $167,600 a year, 4% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $9,787 a month.

10th percentile
$110,730
25th percentile
$130,970
Median percentile
$167,600
75th percentile
$210,910
90th percentile
$260,460

Based on 2,840 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

$117,441 take-home a year
Gross pay$167,600
Federal income tax−$28,958
Social Security + Medicare−$12,821
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$8,380
Monthly take-home$9,787
Every two weeks$4,517

Does it go far here?

$154,804Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
21%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 computer hardware engineers salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts