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Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers salary in Boston, MA

The median lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $37,180 a year, 11% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,516 a month.

10th percentile
$32,980
25th percentile
$34,600
Median percentile
$37,180
75th percentile
$41,600
90th percentile
$42,830

Based on 2,000 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

$30,195 take-home a year
Gross pay$37,180
Federal income tax−$2,282
Social Security + Medicare−$2,844
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$1,859
Monthly take-home$2,516
Every two weeks$1,161

Does it go far here?

$34,341Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
80%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 lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts