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Salaries & Cost of Living in Plymouth County, MA

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

Jobs listed
69
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Median of medians
$63,420
per year, before tax
1-bedroom rent
$2,185
HUD Fair Market Rent / month
Jobs covering basics
81%
56 of 69

Pay and cost of living in Plymouth County, MA

Plymouth 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 Plymouth County, MA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,185 a month and a two-bedroom $2,713. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $35,165 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $63,034 a year, and 56 of the 69 occupations listed here (81%) 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 Plymouth County, MA or against other counties.

All jobs in Plymouth County, MA, highest paying first

Showing 1–50 of 69.

Occupations in Plymouth County, MA ranked by median salary
#OccupationMedian salaryTake-homeLeft per month
1Natural Sciences Managers$291,000$194,829$13,305
2Computer and Information Systems Managers$214,960$149,452$9,524
3Marketing Managers$213,910$148,815$9,471
4Financial Managers$209,780$146,049$9,240
5Sales Managers$206,610$143,873$9,059
6Lawyers$183,350$127,755$7,716
7Software Developers$166,090$116,371$6,767
8Medical and Health Services Managers$136,760$97,790$5,219
9Management Analysts$135,640$97,081$5,160
10General and Operations Managers$133,800$95,915$5,063
11Biochemists and Biophysicists$131,550$94,490$4,944
12Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$129,500$93,191$4,836
13Computer Systems Analysts$129,180$92,989$4,819
14Financial and Investment Analysts$117,520$85,570$4,200
15Project Management Specialists$114,990$83,917$4,063
16Registered Nurses$106,180$78,160$3,583
17Compliance Officers$103,940$76,696$3,461
18Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$102,390$75,683$3,376
19Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$101,200$74,905$3,312
20Accountants and Auditors$100,150$74,219$3,254
21First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$99,890$74,049$3,240
22Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$98,850$73,369$3,184
23Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$98,060$72,853$3,141
24Buyers and Purchasing Agents$93,010$69,553$2,866
25Human Resources Specialists$90,270$67,762$2,716
26Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$85,260$64,488$2,444
27Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$83,420$63,286$2,343
28Electricians$79,910$60,992$2,152
29Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$79,670$60,835$2,139
30Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$78,180$59,862$2,058
31First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$77,990$59,737$2,048
32Computer User Support Specialists$77,850$59,646$2,040
33Carpenters$75,210$57,921$1,896
34Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$64,010$50,580$1,285
35Construction Laborers$63,420$50,135$1,248
36Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$62,130$49,163$1,167
37Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$60,960$48,282$1,093
38Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$59,670$47,310$1,012
39Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$59,330$47,054$991
40First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$58,850$46,692$961
41Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$51,600$41,229$505
42Medical Assistants$50,740$40,581$451
43Office Clerks, General$50,710$40,558$449
44Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$49,980$40,008$404
45Customer Service Representatives$49,920$39,963$400
46Light Truck Drivers$49,630$39,745$382
47Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$49,030$39,293$344
48Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$47,860$38,411$270
49Nursing Assistants$47,590$38,208$254
50First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$47,090$37,831$222