Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,933
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$17,777
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,372
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
$77,710
Kept after tax
$59,933
Worth in national money
$55,372
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Massachusetts is 26 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $77,710. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Massachusetts, this sits in the middle: 201 of 485 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $77,710 the take-home is $59,933. But Massachusetts costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $55,372 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $79,000, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Massachusetts ranks 26 of 51 for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians at $77,710. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians ranks 201 of 485 occupations in Massachusetts by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Massachusetts income tax is $59,933 for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians, from $77,710. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $55,372. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $79,000 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $105,820 |
| This salary | $77,710 |
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 | $59,933 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,499 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,973 |
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 | $72,642 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,457 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $77,710 as a midpoint for Massachusetts, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $57,670 and the ninetieth is $105,820 — 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 $59,933, worked from $77,710. 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 201 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Massachusetts, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $55,372, the adjusted value of that $77,710 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 201 of 485 in the state.
- The Massachusetts median of $77,710 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $57,670 to $105,820. 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 $59,933, on $77,710 for work ranking 201 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 201 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Massachusetts, so $55,372 — the adjusted value of that $77,710 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 201 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $57,670 and the top tenth $105,820, so most people doing this work in Massachusetts sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $55,372 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Massachusetts adds its own income tax on top — which is why $59,933 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($57,670 to $105,820) 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 $55,372 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 $59,933 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.