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Industrial Engineers salary in Boston, MA

The median industrial engineers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $118,970 a year, 16% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $7,215 a month.

10th percentile
$82,600
25th percentile
$99,070
Median percentile
$118,970
75th percentile
$133,510
90th percentile
$163,010

Based on 9,010 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

$86,577 take-home a year
Gross pay$118,970
Federal income tax−$17,343
Social Security + Medicare−$9,101
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$5,949
Monthly take-home$7,215
Every two weeks$3,330

Does it go far here?

$109,887Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
28%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 industrial engineers salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts