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Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators salary in Boston, MA

The median paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $68,520 a year, 28% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,467 a month.

10th percentile
$44,550
25th percentile
$60,260
Median percentile
$68,520
75th percentile
$79,760
90th percentile
$82,690

Based on 380 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

$53,608 take-home a year
Gross pay$68,520
Federal income tax−$6,244
Social Security + Medicare−$5,242
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$3,426
Monthly take-home$4,467
Every two weeks$2,062

Does it go far here?

$63,289Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
45%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 paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts