Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,692
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$12,938
20.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,910
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
$62,630
Kept after tax
$49,692
Worth in national money
$45,910
State rank
7
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Massachusetts is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $62,630, which ranks 7 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 23.07% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 268 among 485 occupations Massachusetts publishes pay for.
- Massachusetts is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $62,630 the take-home is $49,692; in national-average money that behaves like $45,910. The average comes to $63,140, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Massachusetts ranks 7 of 50 states publishing a median for educational instruction and library workers, all other, at $62,630 — about 23.07% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 268 of 485 in Massachusetts places educational instruction and library workers, all other in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Take-home for educational instruction and library workers, all other in Massachusetts, on $62,630, is $49,692; deflated by the state's price level, $45,910. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $63,140 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $94,930 |
| This salary | $62,630 |
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 | $49,692 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,503 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,120 |
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 | $59,131 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,820 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $62,630 as a midpoint for Massachusetts, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,150 and the ninetieth is $94,930 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Massachusetts's $49,692, worked from $62,630. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 268 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,910 uses one figure for the whole of Massachusetts. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 485 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 268.
- The Massachusetts median of $62,630 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,150 to $94,930. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Massachusetts take-home of $49,692, on $62,630 for work ranking 268 of 485 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 268 of 485 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,910, worked from $62,630, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Massachusetts address, on work sitting at 268 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $38,150 and the top tenth $94,930 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $45,910 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Massachusetts's own levy, $49,692 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($38,150) and the ninetieth ($94,930) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $45,910 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 $49,692 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.