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Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary salary in Boston, MA

The median criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $85,560 a year, 12% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,395 a month.

10th percentile
$52,110
25th percentile
$65,310
Median percentile
$85,560
75th percentile
$107,010
90th percentile
$164,600

Based on 230 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

$64,743 take-home a year
Gross pay$85,560
Federal income tax−$9,993
Social Security + Medicare−$6,545
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$4,278
Monthly take-home$5,395
Every two weeks$2,490

Does it go far here?

$79,028Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
37%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 criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts