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Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other salary in Boston, MA

The median office and administrative support workers, all other in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $52,550 a year, 15% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,481 a month.

10th percentile
$31,300
25th percentile
$31,320
Median percentile
$52,550
75th percentile
$71,230
90th percentile
$88,310

Based on 680 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

$41,776 take-home a year
Gross pay$52,550
Federal income tax−$4,126
Social Security + Medicare−$4,020
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,628
Monthly take-home$3,481
Every two weeks$1,607

Does it go far here?

$48,538Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
58%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 office and administrative support workers, all other salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts