First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$84,401
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$30,749
26.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,977
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
$115,150
Kept after tax
$84,401
Worth in national money
$77,977
State rank
2
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Massachusetts pays this job a middle wage of $115,150, ranking 2 of 51 states and sitting about 31.57% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Massachusetts reports, this job comes in at 64 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Massachusetts is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $115,150 the take-home is $84,401; in national-average money that behaves like $77,977. The average comes to $119,760, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Massachusetts's median for first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers is $115,150, about 31.57% above the national figure and 2 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers ranks 64 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 first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers in Massachusetts, on $115,150, is $84,401; deflated by the state's price level, $77,977. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $119,760 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,620 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $115,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $172,480 |
| This salary | $115,150 |
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 | $84,401 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $89,838 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$14,473 |
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 | $107,421 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$19,992 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers in Massachusetts earn under $115,150 and half over. The published range runs $62,620 at the tenth percentile to $172,480 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $84,401 take-home in Massachusetts comes from $115,150. 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 64 of 485.
- Two cautions on $77,977, the adjusted value of that $115,150 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Massachusetts. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 64 of 485 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers in Massachusetts, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $62,620 to $172,480; 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 $84,401, from $115,150, 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 64 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 2 of 51 for it.
- This $77,977 adjusted figure, worked from $115,150, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 64 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 64 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 $119,760, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $62,620 at the bottom tenth to $172,480 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Massachusetts run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $77,977 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $84,401 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.
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 $119,760. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($62,620) and the ninetieth ($172,480) 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 $77,977 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 $84,401 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.