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Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers salary in Boston, MA

The median inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $58,210 a year, 20% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,837 a month.

10th percentile
$41,070
25th percentile
$48,480
Median percentile
$58,210
75th percentile
$68,130
90th percentile
$79,840

Based on 7,800 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

$46,041 take-home a year
Gross pay$58,210
Federal income tax−$4,805
Social Security + Medicare−$4,453
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,911
Monthly take-home$3,837
Every two weeks$1,771

Does it go far here?

$53,766Median 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 inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts