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Medical Records Specialists salary in Boston, MA

The median medical records specialists in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $60,460 a year, 18% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,978 a month.

10th percentile
$45,540
25th percentile
$49,160
Median percentile
$60,460
75th percentile
$75,500
90th percentile
$82,260

Based on 2,630 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

$47,737 take-home a year
Gross pay$60,460
Federal income tax−$5,075
Social Security + Medicare−$4,625
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$3,023
Monthly take-home$3,978
Every two weeks$1,836

Does it go far here?

$55,844Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
51%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 medical records specialists salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts