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Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates salary in Boston, MA

The median judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $221,710 a year, 44% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $12,794 a month.

10th percentile
$155,450
25th percentile
$186,170
Median percentile
$221,710
75th percentile
$221,710
90th percentile
$221,710

Based on 420 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

$153,524 take-home a year
Gross pay$221,710
Federal income tax−$42,251
Social Security + Medicare−$14,849
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$11,086
Monthly take-home$12,794
Every two weeks$5,905

Does it go far here?

$204,783Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
16%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 judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts