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Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders salary in Boston, MA

The median packaging and filling machine operators and tenders in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $44,390 a year, 3% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,969 a month.

10th percentile
$33,490
25th percentile
$37,050
Median percentile
$44,390
75th percentile
$49,120
90th percentile
$57,330

Based on 3,360 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

$35,628 take-home a year
Gross pay$44,390
Federal income tax−$3,147
Social Security + Medicare−$3,396
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,220
Monthly take-home$2,969
Every two weeks$1,370

Does it go far here?

$41,001Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
68%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 packaging and filling machine operators and tenders salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts