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Residential Advisors salary in Boston, MA

The median residential advisors in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $48,830 a year, 16% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,248 a month.

10th percentile
$37,450
25th percentile
$44,540
Median percentile
$48,830
75th percentile
$59,400
90th percentile
$65,980

Based on 3,250 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

$38,973 take-home a year
Gross pay$48,830
Federal income tax−$3,680
Social Security + Medicare−$3,735
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,442
Monthly take-home$3,248
Every two weeks$1,499

Does it go far here?

$45,102Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
62%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 residential advisors salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts