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Urban and Regional Planners salary in Boston, MA

The median urban and regional planners in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $103,460 a year, 16% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $6,370 a month.

10th percentile
$78,330
25th percentile
$84,380
Median percentile
$103,460
75th percentile
$123,350
90th percentile
$136,760

Based on 1,100 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

$76,441 take-home a year
Gross pay$103,460
Federal income tax−$13,931
Social Security + Medicare−$7,915
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$5,173
Monthly take-home$6,370
Every two weeks$2,940

Does it go far here?

$95,561Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
32%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 urban and regional planners salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts