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Sound Engineering Technicians salary in Boston, MA

The median sound engineering technicians in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $77,420 a year, 6% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,952 a month.

10th percentile
$51,190
25th percentile
$61,560
Median percentile
$77,420
75th percentile
$116,540
90th percentile
$125,770

Based on 140 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

$59,424 take-home a year
Gross pay$77,420
Federal income tax−$8,202
Social Security + Medicare−$5,923
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$3,871
Monthly take-home$4,952
Every two weeks$2,286

Does it go far here?

$71,509Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
41%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 sound engineering technicians salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts