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Electrical Engineers salary in Boston, MA

The median electrical engineers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $128,610 a year, 7% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $7,728 a month.

10th percentile
$78,800
25th percentile
$100,030
Median percentile
$128,610
75th percentile
$161,770
90th percentile
$176,470

Based on 4,030 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

$92,740 take-home a year
Gross pay$128,610
Federal income tax−$19,600
Social Security + Medicare−$9,839
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$6,431
Monthly take-home$7,728
Every two weeks$3,567

Does it go far here?

$118,791Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
26%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 electrical engineers salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts