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Interpreters and Translators salary in Boston, MA

The median interpreters and translators in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $75,120 a year, 25% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,827 a month.

10th percentile
$52,700
25th percentile
$61,000
Median percentile
$75,120
75th percentile
$97,950
90th percentile
$132,330

Based on 1,660 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

$57,921 take-home a year
Gross pay$75,120
Federal income tax−$7,696
Social Security + Medicare−$5,747
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$3,756
Monthly take-home$4,827
Every two weeks$2,228

Does it go far here?

$69,385Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
42%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 interpreters and translators salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts