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Social Workers, All Other salary in Boston, MA

The median social workers, all other in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $98,320 a year, 37% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $6,090 a month.

10th percentile
$70,720
25th percentile
$89,380
Median percentile
$98,320
75th percentile
$116,190
90th percentile
$125,010

Based on 410 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

$73,082 take-home a year
Gross pay$98,320
Federal income tax−$12,800
Social Security + Medicare−$7,521
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$4,916
Monthly take-home$6,090
Every two weeks$2,811

Does it go far here?

$90,813Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
33%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 social workers, all other salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts