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Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers salary in Boston, MA

The median tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $50,470 a year, 21% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,351 a month.

10th percentile
$42,220
25th percentile
$46,690
Median percentile
$50,470
75th percentile
$61,560
90th percentile
$63,550

Based on 100 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

$40,209 take-home a year
Gross pay$50,470
Federal income tax−$3,876
Social Security + Medicare−$3,861
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$2,524
Monthly take-home$3,351
Every two weeks$1,547

Does it go far here?

$46,617Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
60%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 tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts