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Slaughterers and Meat Packers salary in Boston, MA

The median slaughterers and meat packers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $37,800 a year, 6% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,555 a month.

10th percentile
$37,370
25th percentile
$37,750
Median percentile
$37,800
75th percentile
$44,290
90th percentile
$47,660

Based on 90 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

$30,662 take-home a year
Gross pay$37,800
Federal income tax−$2,356
Social Security + Medicare−$2,892
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$1,890
Monthly take-home$2,555
Every two weeks$1,179

Does it go far here?

$34,914Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
79%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 slaughterers and meat packers salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts