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Sailors and Marine Oilers salary in Boston, MA

The median sailors and marine oilers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $44,070 a year, 14% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,949 a month.

10th percentile
$34,180
25th percentile
$38,570
Median percentile
$44,070
75th percentile
$56,330
90th percentile
$75,130

Based on 340 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

$35,387 take-home a year
Gross pay$44,070
Federal income tax−$3,108
Social Security + Medicare−$3,371
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,204
Monthly take-home$2,949
Every two weeks$1,361

Does it go far here?

$40,705Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
69%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 sailors and marine oilers salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts