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Correctional Officers and Jailers salary in Boston, MA

The median correctional officers and jailers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $89,060 a year, 51% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,586 a month.

10th percentile
$65,030
25th percentile
$76,150
Median percentile
$89,060
75th percentile
$91,980
90th percentile
$101,620

Based on 4,510 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

$67,031 take-home a year
Gross pay$89,060
Federal income tax−$10,763
Social Security + Medicare−$6,813
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$4,453
Monthly take-home$5,586
Every two weeks$2,578

Does it go far here?

$82,260Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
36%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 correctional officers and jailers salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts