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Insurance Underwriters salary in Boston, MA

The median insurance underwriters in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $106,170 a year, 30% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $6,518 a month.

10th percentile
$74,230
25th percentile
$81,100
Median percentile
$106,170
75th percentile
$135,360
90th percentile
$169,360

Based on 2,080 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

$78,212 take-home a year
Gross pay$106,170
Federal income tax−$14,527
Social Security + Medicare−$8,122
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$5,309
Monthly take-home$6,518
Every two weeks$3,008

Does it go far here?

$98,064Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
31%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 insurance underwriters salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts