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Respiratory Therapists salary in Boston, MA

The median respiratory therapists in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $104,580 a year, 27% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $6,431 a month.

10th percentile
$82,620
25th percentile
$96,190
Median percentile
$104,580
75th percentile
$112,020
90th percentile
$125,120

Based on 1,560 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

$77,173 take-home a year
Gross pay$104,580
Federal income tax−$14,178
Social Security + Medicare−$8,000
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$5,229
Monthly take-home$6,431
Every two weeks$2,968

Does it go far here?

$96,595Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
31%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 respiratory therapists salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts