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Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other salary in Boston, MA

The median food preparation and serving related workers, all other in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $38,210 a year, 7% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,581 a month.

10th percentile
$33,540
25th percentile
$33,540
Median percentile
$38,210
75th percentile
$39,860
90th percentile
$42,010

Based on 430 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

$30,971 take-home a year
Gross pay$38,210
Federal income tax−$2,405
Social Security + Medicare−$2,923
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$1,911
Monthly take-home$2,581
Every two weeks$1,191

Does it go far here?

$35,293Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
78%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 preparation and serving related workers, all other salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts