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Salaries & Cost of Living in Suffolk County, MA

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

Jobs listed
69
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Median of medians
$63,420
per year, before tax
1-bedroom rent
$2,518
HUD Fair Market Rent / month
Jobs covering basics
68%
47 of 69

Pay and cost of living in Suffolk County, MA

Suffolk 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 Suffolk County, MA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,518 a month and a two-bedroom $3,008. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $39,161 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $63,034 a year, and 47 of the 69 occupations listed here (68%) 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 Suffolk County, MA or against other counties.

All jobs in Suffolk County, MA, highest paying first

Showing 1–50 of 69.

Occupations in Suffolk County, MA ranked by median salary
#OccupationMedian salaryTake-homeLeft per month
1Natural Sciences Managers$291,000$194,829$12,972
2Computer and Information Systems Managers$214,960$149,452$9,191
3Marketing Managers$213,910$148,815$9,138
4Financial Managers$209,780$146,049$8,907
5Sales Managers$206,610$143,873$8,726
6Lawyers$183,350$127,755$7,383
7Software Developers$166,090$116,371$6,434
8Medical and Health Services Managers$136,760$97,790$4,886
9Management Analysts$135,640$97,081$4,827
10General and Operations Managers$133,800$95,915$4,730
11Biochemists and Biophysicists$131,550$94,490$4,611
12Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$129,500$93,191$4,503
13Computer Systems Analysts$129,180$92,989$4,486
14Financial and Investment Analysts$117,520$85,570$3,867
15Project Management Specialists$114,990$83,917$3,730
16Registered Nurses$106,180$78,160$3,250
17Compliance Officers$103,940$76,696$3,128
18Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$102,390$75,683$3,043
19Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$101,200$74,905$2,979
20Accountants and Auditors$100,150$74,219$2,921
21First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$99,890$74,049$2,907
22Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$98,850$73,369$2,851
23Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$98,060$72,853$2,808
24Buyers and Purchasing Agents$93,010$69,553$2,533
25Human Resources Specialists$90,270$67,762$2,383
26Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$85,260$64,488$2,111
27Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$83,420$63,286$2,010
28Electricians$79,910$60,992$1,819
29Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$79,670$60,835$1,806
30Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$78,180$59,862$1,725
31First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$77,990$59,737$1,715
32Computer User Support Specialists$77,850$59,646$1,707
33Carpenters$75,210$57,921$1,563
34Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$64,010$50,580$952
35Construction Laborers$63,420$50,135$915
36Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$62,130$49,163$834
37Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$60,960$48,282$760
38Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$59,670$47,310$679
39Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$59,330$47,054$658
40First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$58,850$46,692$628
41Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$51,600$41,229$172
42Medical Assistants$50,740$40,581$118
43Office Clerks, General$50,710$40,558$116
44Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$49,980$40,008$71
45Customer Service Representatives$49,920$39,963$67
46Light Truck Drivers$49,630$39,745$49
47Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$49,030$39,293$11
48Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$47,860$38,411−$63
49Nursing Assistants$47,590$38,208−$79
50First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$47,090$37,831−$111