Paycheck Atlas

Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School salary in Boston, MA

The median special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $97,410 a year, 50% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $6,041 a month.

10th percentile
$62,150
25th percentile
$77,420
Median percentile
$97,410
75th percentile
$106,770
90th percentile
$127,210

Based on 4,980 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

$72,487 take-home a year
Gross pay$97,410
Federal income tax−$12,600
Social Security + Medicare−$7,452
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$4,871
Monthly take-home$6,041
Every two weeks$2,788

Does it go far here?

$89,973Median 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 special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts