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Highest Paying Jobs in Massachusetts

Ranked by the average of the local median wages BLS publishes for Massachusetts, among 86 occupations with at least 1,000 workers in the state.

Highest paying occupations in Massachusetts
#OccupationAverage median wageWorkers in state
1Natural Sciences Managers$280,93810,530
2Marketing Managers$211,17913,150
3Computer and Information Systems Managers$208,86524,390
4Financial Managers$199,75728,410
5Sales Managers$193,30315,210
6Lawyers$172,49925,060
7Software Developers$160,99050,590
8Medical and Health Services Managers$130,82421,180
9Biochemists and Biophysicists$130,40614,620
10Management Analysts$130,07332,620
11Computer Systems Analysts$127,78621,280
12Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$127,53217,470
13Data Scientists$127,48610,080
14General and Operations Managers$125,395105,040
15Industrial Engineers$115,19912,600
16Financial and Investment Analysts$114,48615,930
17Project Management Specialists$111,50025,830
18Civil Engineers$105,61210,990
19Registered Nurses$104,054100,330
20Compliance Officers$100,04714,240
21Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$98,70840,770
22Accountants and Auditors$98,32352,250
23Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$97,83013,410
24First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$96,97020,810
25Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$94,49435,350

Highest-paying jobs in Massachusetts

This ranking covers 86 occupations that employ at least 1,000 people in Massachusetts. The figure used is the employment-weighted average of the local median wages published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS, May 2025) for the state's wage areas. Natural Sciences Managers comes first at $280,938 a year; number 25 on the list, Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education, averages $94,494.

Each occupation links to its Massachusetts page with the wage areas, the counties and what is left after taxes and living costs. Pay is only part of the picture, so compare it with local rents and taxes before choosing where to work.