Food Service Managers in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,429
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$22,811
24.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,145
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
$92,240
Kept after tax
$69,429
Worth in national money
$64,145
State rank
2
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Massachusetts is one of the better-paying states for food service managers. The middle earner takes $92,240, which ranks 2 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 32.93% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Food service managers ranks 146 among 485 occupations Massachusetts publishes pay for.
- Massachusetts is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $92,240 the take-home is $69,429; in national-average money that behaves like $64,145. The average lands at $91,810, below the middle of the range.
- Massachusetts ranks 2 of 51 states publishing a median for food service managers, at $92,240 — about 32.93% 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 146 of 485 in Massachusetts places food service managers 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 food service managers in Massachusetts, on $92,240, is $69,429; deflated by the state's price level, $64,145. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $91,810 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Food Service Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $92,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,990 |
| This salary | $92,240 |
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 | $69,429 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $73,721 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,719 |
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 | $86,139 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$16,188 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $92,240 as a midpoint for Massachusetts, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $58,290 and the ninetieth is $129,990 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $69,429 take-home in Massachusetts comes from $92,240. 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 146 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Massachusetts, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $64,145, the adjusted value of that $92,240 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 146 of 485 in the state.
- The Massachusetts median of $92,240 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $58,290 to $129,990. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $69,429, from $92,240, 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 146 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 2 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Massachusetts, so $64,145 — the adjusted value of that $92,240 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 146 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 $58,290 and the top tenth $129,990 — 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 $64,145 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, $69,429 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($58,290) and the ninetieth ($129,990) 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 $64,145 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 $69,429 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.