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Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping salary in Boston, MA

The median human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $57,440 a year, 13% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,788 a month.

10th percentile
$45,110
25th percentile
$49,040
Median percentile
$57,440
75th percentile
$64,860
90th percentile
$71,460

Based on 1,150 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

$45,461 take-home a year
Gross pay$57,440
Federal income tax−$4,713
Social Security + Medicare−$4,394
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,872
Monthly take-home$3,788
Every two weeks$1,749

Does it go far here?

$53,055Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
53%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 human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts