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Special Education Teachers, Secondary School salary in Boston, MA

The median special education teachers, secondary school in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $87,630 a year, 18% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,508 a month.

10th percentile
$60,790
25th percentile
$76,080
Median percentile
$87,630
75th percentile
$104,820
90th percentile
$124,080

Based on 3,920 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

$66,096 take-home a year
Gross pay$87,630
Federal income tax−$10,449
Social Security + Medicare−$6,704
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$4,382
Monthly take-home$5,508
Every two weeks$2,542

Does it go far here?

$80,940Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
37%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, secondary school salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts