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Counter and Rental Clerks salary in Boston, MA

The median counter and rental clerks in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $45,510 a year, 10% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,039 a month.

10th percentile
$35,380
25th percentile
$39,010
Median percentile
$45,510
75th percentile
$54,430
90th percentile
$65,560

Based on 6,030 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

$36,472 take-home a year
Gross pay$45,510
Federal income tax−$3,281
Social Security + Medicare−$3,482
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,276
Monthly take-home$3,039
Every two weeks$1,403

Does it go far here?

$42,035Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
67%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 counter and rental clerks salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts