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Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators salary in Boston, MA

The median postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $59,490 a year, 2% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,917 a month.

10th percentile
$47,440
25th percentile
$52,670
Median percentile
$59,490
75th percentile
$75,030
90th percentile
$75,280

Based on 1,480 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

$47,006 take-home a year
Gross pay$59,490
Federal income tax−$4,959
Social Security + Medicare−$4,551
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,975
Monthly take-home$3,917
Every two weeks$1,808

Does it go far here?

$54,948Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
52%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 postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts