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Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors salary in Boston, MA

The median health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $128,600 a year, 12% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $7,728 a month.

10th percentile
$98,480
25th percentile
$100,600
Median percentile
$128,600
75th percentile
$168,590
90th percentile
$189,770

Based on 490 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

$92,734 take-home a year
Gross pay$128,600
Federal income tax−$19,598
Social Security + Medicare−$9,838
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$6,430
Monthly take-home$7,728
Every two weeks$3,567

Does it go far here?

$118,782Median 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 health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts