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Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary in Massachusetts

The median medical secretaries and administrative assistants in Massachusetts earns $50,290 a year, 9% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,339 a month.

10th percentile
$41,460
25th percentile
$47,480
Median percentile
$50,290
75th percentile
$58,910
90th percentile
$63,030

Based on 22,210 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

$40,074 take-home a year
Gross pay$50,290
Federal income tax−$3,855
Social Security + Medicare−$3,847
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,515
Monthly take-home$3,339
Every two weeks$1,541

Does it go far here?

$47,552Median pay in Massachusetts is worth this at average US prices (local price level 105.8 vs 100).
53%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,762 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Massachusetts

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$387,150
Emergency Medicine Physicians$356,230
Nurse Anesthetists$295,550
General Internal Medicine Physicians$285,250
Family Medicine Physicians$277,490
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$272,240
Natural Sciences Managers$267,290
Physicians, All Other$236,580

All medical secretaries and administrative assistants salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts