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Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary in Boston, MA

The median laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $45,600 a year, 13% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,045 a month.

10th percentile
$37,180
25th percentile
$39,780
Median percentile
$45,600
75th percentile
$49,840
90th percentile
$58,820

Based on 24,030 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

$36,540 take-home a year
Gross pay$45,600
Federal income tax−$3,292
Social Security + Medicare−$3,488
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,280
Monthly take-home$3,045
Every two weeks$1,405

Does it go far here?

$42,118Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
66%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 laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts