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Purchasing Managers salary in Boston, MA

The median purchasing managers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $174,640 a year, 18% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $10,158 a month.

10th percentile
$107,600
25th percentile
$140,480
Median percentile
$174,640
75th percentile
$217,600
90th percentile
$277,150

Based on 1,940 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

$121,900 take-home a year
Gross pay$174,640
Federal income tax−$30,648
Social Security + Medicare−$13,360
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$8,732
Monthly take-home$10,158
Every two weeks$4,688

Does it go far here?

$161,306Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
20%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 purchasing managers salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts