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Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers salary in Boston, MA

The median meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $38,830 a year, 1% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,620 a month.

10th percentile
$34,810
25th percentile
$36,560
Median percentile
$38,830
75th percentile
$43,040
90th percentile
$54,280

Based on 1,250 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

$31,438 take-home a year
Gross pay$38,830
Federal income tax−$2,480
Social Security + Medicare−$2,970
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$1,942
Monthly take-home$2,620
Every two weeks$1,209

Does it go far here?

$35,865Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
77%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 meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts