Diagnostic Medical Sonographers in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$79,388
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$28,092
26.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,346
Massachusetts costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Massachusetts — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$107,480
Kept after tax
$79,388
Worth in national money
$73,346
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Massachusetts's middle earner gets $107,480, putting the state 7 of 51 — about 11.27% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Massachusetts reports, this job comes in at 82 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Massachusetts is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $107,480 the take-home is $79,388; in national-average money that behaves like $73,346. The average comes to $113,410, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For diagnostic medical sonographers, Massachusetts sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $107,480, ranking 7 of 51 and running about 11.27% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Diagnostic medical sonographers ranks 82 of 485 occupations by median in Massachusetts, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Take-home for diagnostic medical sonographers in Massachusetts, on $107,480, is $79,388; deflated by the state's price level, $73,346. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $113,410 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $89,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $107,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,480 |
| This salary | $107,480 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Massachusetts | $79,388 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,442 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,551 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $100,296 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$18,718 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of diagnostic medical sonographers in Massachusetts earn under $107,480 and half over. The published range runs $89,190 at the tenth percentile to $133,480 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $79,388 take-home in Massachusetts comes from $107,480. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 82 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Massachusetts, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $73,346, the adjusted value of that $107,480 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 82 of 485 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for diagnostic medical sonographers in Massachusetts, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $89,190 to $133,480; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $79,388, from $107,480, assumes a single Massachusetts filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 82 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Massachusetts, so $73,346 — the adjusted value of that $107,480 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 82 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $113,410, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $89,190 at the tenth percentile, $133,480 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Massachusetts costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $73,346 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Massachusetts then takes its own share, leaving $79,388.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Massachusetts is $113,410. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($89,190 to $133,480) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Massachusetts rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Massachusetts's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $73,346 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $79,388 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Massachusetts income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.