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Public Relations Specialists salary in Boston, MA

The median public relations specialists in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $81,440 a year, 9% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,171 a month.

10th percentile
$53,800
25th percentile
$62,940
Median percentile
$81,440
75th percentile
$111,860
90th percentile
$145,720

Based on 5,380 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

$62,051 take-home a year
Gross pay$81,440
Federal income tax−$9,087
Social Security + Medicare−$6,230
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$4,072
Monthly take-home$5,171
Every two weeks$2,387

Does it go far here?

$75,222Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
39%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 public relations specialists salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts