Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area Salaries

Compiled by WageDex · August 10, 2026

BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)

BLS OEWS metro wage desk

MSA 2500001 · Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $68K mean

MEAN-HIGH · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST

MEAN-HIGH #62/528
RPP-UNK RPP n/a
OCC-MID 206 occs
TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $360K
EMP-MIX Education Ad…
TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
PHOTO-FINISH Portland-South P…
BOOK-MOST 204 rows · May 2025

Read with Portland-South Portland, ME ($17 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data

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.

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Label	Value
Guayama, PR · lowest mean	$32K
Massachusetts nonmet… · this MSA	$68K
Portland-South Portl… · near	$68K
Waterbury-Shelton, CT · near	$68K
Richmond, VA · near	$68K
Napa, CA · near	$68K
San Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean	$119K

Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area

Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary and Construction Managers lead published employment inside Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.

1. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 270 jobs · $124,640
2. Construction Managers 180 jobs · $115,520
3. Financial Managers 140 jobs · $159,990
4. Physical Therapists 80 jobs · $109,180
5. Computer and Information Systems Managers 70 jobs · $161,850
6. Nurse Practitioners 70 jobs · $144,210
7. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 70 jobs · $126,040
8. Software Developers 60 jobs · $154,340
9. Pharmacists 60 jobs · $140,820
10. Managers, All Other 50 jobs · $155,450
11. Marketing Managers 50 jobs · $144,470
12. Loan Officers 50 jobs · $134,980
13. Sales Managers 50 jobs · $129,040
14. Management Analysts 50 jobs · $122,870
15. Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 50 jobs · $120,620
16. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 50 jobs · $110,700
17. Network and Computer Systems Administrators 50 jobs · $108,120
18. Physician Assistants 40 jobs · $181,760

Occupations Tracked

206

with wage data

Published-Row Mean

$68,196

employment-weighted, 204 complete rows

Top Salary

$359,840

Family Medicine Physicians

Top-pay occupations in Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, by employment

Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.

#	Occupation	Median Salary	Mean Salary	Employment
1	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$124,640	$125,340	270
2	Construction Managers	$115,520	$115,810	180
3	Financial Managers	$159,990	$164,970	140
4	Physical Therapists	$109,180	$109,880	80
5	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$161,850	$182,600	70
6	Nurse Practitioners	$144,210	$149,780	70
7	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$126,040	$108,500	70
8	Software Developers	$154,340	$151,130	60
9	Pharmacists	$140,820	$139,550	60
10	Managers, All Other	$155,450	$156,620	50
11	Marketing Managers	$144,470	$153,260	50
12	Loan Officers	$134,980	$134,730	50
13	Sales Managers	$129,040	$137,780	50
14	Management Analysts	$122,870	$126,340	50
15	Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	$120,620	$116,840	50
16	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$110,700	$119,760	50
17	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$108,120	$112,650	50
18	Physician Assistants	$181,760	$169,820	40
19	Industrial Production Managers	$136,150	$143,110	40
20	Fundraising Managers	$111,810	$147,520	40
21	Lawyers	$109,970	$125,540	40
22	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$106,490	$120,990	40
23	Family Medicine Physicians	$359,840	$322,200	30
24	Human Resources Managers	$131,400	$150,300	30
25	Personal Financial Advisors	$123,540	$161,510	30

Lowest Paying Jobs in Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area

Occupation	Median Salary	Employment
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	$34,540	210
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$34,940	50
Tour and Travel Guides	$36,120	90
Cashiers	$36,160	990
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$36,580	960
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	$36,760	120
Dishwashers	$37,060	220
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	$37,090	40
Packers and Packagers, Hand	$37,100	80
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	$37,480	40

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.

Amherst Town-Northampton, MA

MA · metropolitan area

Barnstable Town, MA

MA · metropolitan area

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

MA · metropolitan area

Pittsfield, MA

MA · metropolitan area

Springfield, MA

MA · metropolitan area

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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 ($68,196 here) and summed published employment.

Similar mean wage

Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

What average wage does BLS publish for this nonmetropolitan area? ▼

BLS does not publish a single All Occupations mean for every nonmetropolitan reporting area on this page. WageDex's employment-weighted mean of the 204 published occupation means with employment estimates is $68,196/year (OEWS May 2025). That figure covers only occupations BLS published for this local area — 206 rows carry a median here. Averaging the 25 highest medians alone yields $140,952, which describes the displayed top tier only.

What is the highest paying job in Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area? ▼

The highest paying occupation in Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area is Family Medicine Physicians with a median salary of $359,840/year. The second highest is Physician Assistants at $181,760/year.

What jobs pay the least in Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area? ▼

The lowest paying occupation in Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area is Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop with a median salary of $34,540/year according to BLS data.

Where do these nonmetropolitan wage rows come from? ▼

Every occupation wage on this page is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 estimates for BLS nonmetropolitan reporting areas. OEWS surveys about 1.1 million establishments; nonmetro tables use BLS's balance-of-state geography, not a city MSA. WageDex does not invent missing occupations — only published rows appear.

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Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The local-area 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.

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