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Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders salary in Boston, MA

The median food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $46,120 a year, 3% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,078 a month.

10th percentile
$39,730
25th percentile
$45,390
Median percentile
$46,120
75th percentile
$51,390
90th percentile
$58,220

Based on 120 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

$36,931 take-home a year
Gross pay$46,120
Federal income tax−$3,354
Social Security + Medicare−$3,528
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,306
Monthly take-home$3,078
Every two weeks$1,420

Does it go far here?

$42,599Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
66%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 food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts