Healthcare Support Workers, All Other in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,459
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$11,881
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,923
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
$58,340
Kept after tax
$46,459
Worth in national money
$42,923
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for healthcare support workers, all other is strong here. Massachusetts's middle earner gets $58,340, putting the state 4 of 51 — about 20.46% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Healthcare support workers, all other ranks 311 among 485 occupations Massachusetts publishes pay for.
- Massachusetts is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $58,340 the take-home is $46,459; in national-average money that behaves like $42,923. The average comes to $59,020, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For healthcare support workers, all other, Massachusetts sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $58,340, ranking 4 of 51 and running about 20.46% 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.
- Position 311 of 485 in Massachusetts places healthcare support 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 healthcare support workers, all other in Massachusetts, on $58,340, is $46,459; deflated by the state's price level, $42,923. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $59,020 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Healthcare Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,640 |
| This salary | $58,340 |
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 | $46,459 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,056 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,559 |
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 | $55,108 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,142 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Massachusetts earn less than $58,340. The published range is $38,960 up to $81,640, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Massachusetts's $46,459, worked from $58,340. 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 311 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $42,923 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 311.
- Reported values are medians; for healthcare support workers, all other in Massachusetts the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $38,960 to $81,640. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Massachusetts take-home of $46,459, on $58,340 for work ranking 311 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 311 of 485 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,923, worked from $58,340, 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 311 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 $38,960 and the top tenth $81,640 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $42,923 rather than its face figure.
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 $46,459 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($38,960) and the ninetieth ($81,640) 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 $42,923 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 $46,459 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.