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Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators salary in Boston, MA

The median stationary engineers and boiler operators in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $83,950 a year, 7% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,308 a month.

10th percentile
$67,940
25th percentile
$77,660
Median percentile
$83,950
75th percentile
$91,550
90th percentile
$108,820

Based on 340 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

$63,691 take-home a year
Gross pay$83,950
Federal income tax−$9,639
Social Security + Medicare−$6,422
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$4,198
Monthly take-home$5,308
Every two weeks$2,450

Does it go far here?

$77,541Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
38%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 stationary engineers and boiler operators salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts