Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH moved from $64,620 in May 2024 to $66,620 in May 2025 (+3.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH sits -0.0 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Natural Sciences Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Natural Sciences Managers publishes $291,000 here versus $167,220 nationally (+74.0%; 9,570metro-area jobs). Next is Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education at $98,060 locally versus $63,970 nationally (+53.3%).
- Natural Sciences Managers$291,000 in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH sits 74.0% above the national Natural Sciences Managers median of $167,220 (9,570 published local jobs).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$98,060 in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH sits 53.3% above the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (20,340 published local jobs).
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$164,450 in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH sits 53.2% above the national Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary median of $107,310 (7,830 published local jobs).
- Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$96,760 in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH sits 51.7% above the national Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters median of $63,800 (9,200 published local jobs).
Natural Sciences Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 14460 · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $88K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-ELEV · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #6/528
- RPP-ELEV 108.3
- OCC-MOST 686 occs
- TOP-LEAD Radiologists · $410K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -0.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Boulder, CO
- BOOK-FULL 638 rows · May 2025
Read with Boulder, CO (+$215 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Boston-Cambridge-Newton
Employment scale inside Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Computer and Information Systems Managers lead published employment inside Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 21,650 jobs · $209,780
- 2. Computer and Information Systems Managers 20,530 jobs · $214,960
- 3. Lawyers 20,080 jobs · $183,350
- 4. Marketing Managers 11,940 jobs · $213,910
- 5. Sales Managers 11,540 jobs · $206,610
- 6. Natural Sciences Managers 9,570 jobs · $291,000
- 7. Managers, All Other 9,120 jobs · $184,250
- 8. Architectural and Engineering Managers 6,690 jobs · $205,130
- 9. Human Resources Managers 6,480 jobs · $184,990
- 10. Physicians, All Other 6,350 jobs · $229,870
- 11. Family Medicine Physicians 2,950 jobs · $284,010
- 12. Pediatricians, General 1,860 jobs · $221,170
- 13. General Internal Medicine Physicians 1,220 jobs · $243,230
- 14. Emergency Medicine Physicians 620 jobs · $356,230
- 15. Compensation and Benefits Managers 590 jobs · $185,590
- 16. Surgeons, All Other 520 jobs · $386,300
- 17. Obstetricians and Gynecologists 500 jobs · $235,460
- 18. Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 420 jobs · $221,710
Occupations Tracked
686
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$88,207
employment-weighted, 638 complete rows
Top Salary
$409,740
Radiologists
Cost of Living
108.3
8% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiologists | $409,740 |
| 2 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons | $394,690 |
| 3 | Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric | $392,300 |
| 4 | Surgeons, All Other | $386,300 |
| 5 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $356,230 |
| 6 | Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric | $325,200 |
| 7 | Natural Sciences Managers | $291,000 |
| 8 | Physicians, Pathologists | $285,240 |
| 9 | Family Medicine Physicians | $284,010 |
| 10 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $243,230 |
| 11 | Podiatrists | $239,990 |
| 12 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $235,460 |
| 13 | Dentists, All Other Specialists | $233,060 |
| 14 | Physicians, All Other | $229,870 |
| 15 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $221,710 |
| 16 | Pediatricians, General | $221,170 |
| 17 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $214,960 |
| 18 | Marketing Managers | $213,910 |
| 19 | Financial Managers | $209,780 |
| 20 | Sales Managers | $206,610 |
| 21 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $205,130 |
| 22 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $185,590 |
| 23 | Human Resources Managers | $184,990 |
| 24 | Managers, All Other | $184,250 |
| 25 | Lawyers | $183,350 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Gambling Dealers | $32,910 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $33,110 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $33,740 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $34,020 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $34,660 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $34,780 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $35,140 |
| Taxi Drivers | $35,290 |
| Occupational Therapy Aides | $35,340 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $35,480 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in MA
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside MA. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($88,207 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH wage figures in a real decision
- Radiologists leads published medians in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH at $409,740/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Radiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $88,207 adjusts to about $81,472 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 108.3. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for MA before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.