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Salaries & Cost of Living in Essex County, MA

Median pay, take-home pay and what is left after rent, food and energy for 69 occupations in Essex County, MA.

Jobs listed
69
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Median of medians
$63,420
per year, before tax
1-bedroom rent
$2,245
HUD Fair Market Rent / month
Jobs covering basics
80%
55 of 69

Pay and cost of living in Essex County, MA

Essex County, MA is part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH labor market, and this page summarizes 69 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $63,420 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Natural Sciences Managers at $291,000, and the lowest is Packers and Packagers, Hand at $33,740.

A one-bedroom apartment in Essex County, MA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,245 a month and a two-bedroom $2,761. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $35,885 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $63,034 a year, and 55 of the 69 occupations listed here (80%) earn enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.

Each occupation links to a detailed page with gross pay, take-home pay, rent, food and energy costs, and the monthly budget margin. All pages share one method, which makes it easy to compare jobs inside Essex County, MA or against other counties.

All jobs in Essex County, MA, highest paying first

Showing 1–50 of 69.

Occupations in Essex County, MA ranked by median salary
#OccupationMedian salaryTake-homeLeft per month
1Natural Sciences Managers$291,000$194,829$13,245
2Computer and Information Systems Managers$214,960$149,452$9,464
3Marketing Managers$213,910$148,815$9,411
4Financial Managers$209,780$146,049$9,180
5Sales Managers$206,610$143,873$8,999
6Lawyers$183,350$127,755$7,656
7Software Developers$166,090$116,371$6,707
8Medical and Health Services Managers$136,760$97,790$5,159
9Management Analysts$135,640$97,081$5,100
10General and Operations Managers$133,800$95,915$5,003
11Biochemists and Biophysicists$131,550$94,490$4,884
12Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$129,500$93,191$4,776
13Computer Systems Analysts$129,180$92,989$4,759
14Financial and Investment Analysts$117,520$85,570$4,140
15Project Management Specialists$114,990$83,917$4,003
16Registered Nurses$106,180$78,160$3,523
17Compliance Officers$103,940$76,696$3,401
18Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$102,390$75,683$3,316
19Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$101,200$74,905$3,252
20Accountants and Auditors$100,150$74,219$3,194
21First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$99,890$74,049$3,180
22Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$98,850$73,369$3,124
23Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$98,060$72,853$3,081
24Buyers and Purchasing Agents$93,010$69,553$2,806
25Human Resources Specialists$90,270$67,762$2,656
26Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$85,260$64,488$2,384
27Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$83,420$63,286$2,283
28Electricians$79,910$60,992$2,092
29Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$79,670$60,835$2,079
30Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$78,180$59,862$1,998
31First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$77,990$59,737$1,988
32Computer User Support Specialists$77,850$59,646$1,980
33Carpenters$75,210$57,921$1,836
34Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$64,010$50,580$1,225
35Construction Laborers$63,420$50,135$1,188
36Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$62,130$49,163$1,107
37Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$60,960$48,282$1,033
38Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$59,670$47,310$952
39Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$59,330$47,054$931
40First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$58,850$46,692$901
41Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$51,600$41,229$445
42Medical Assistants$50,740$40,581$391
43Office Clerks, General$50,710$40,558$389
44Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$49,980$40,008$344
45Customer Service Representatives$49,920$39,963$340
46Light Truck Drivers$49,630$39,745$322
47Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$49,030$39,293$284
48Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$47,860$38,411$210
49Nursing Assistants$47,590$38,208$194
50First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$47,090$37,831$162