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Rehabilitation Counselors salary in Boston, MA

The median rehabilitation counselors in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $47,440 a year, 1% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,161 a month.

10th percentile
$38,770
25th percentile
$44,780
Median percentile
$47,440
75th percentile
$73,350
90th percentile
$102,610

Based on 3,430 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

$37,926 take-home a year
Gross pay$47,440
Federal income tax−$3,513
Social Security + Medicare−$3,629
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,372
Monthly take-home$3,161
Every two weeks$1,459

Does it go far here?

$43,818Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
64%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 rehabilitation counselors salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts