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Transportation Security Screeners salary in Boston, MA

The median transportation security screeners in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $76,130 a year, 14% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,882 a month.

10th percentile
$62,030
25th percentile
$62,030
Median percentile
$76,130
75th percentile
$78,670
90th percentile
$83,740

Based on 1,250 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

$58,581 take-home a year
Gross pay$76,130
Federal income tax−$7,919
Social Security + Medicare−$5,824
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$3,807
Monthly take-home$4,882
Every two weeks$2,253

Does it go far here?

$70,318Median 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 transportation security screeners salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts