Lodging Managers in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,768
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$24,582
25.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,230
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
$97,350
Kept after tax
$72,768
Worth in national money
$67,230
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for lodging managers is strong here. Massachusetts's middle earner gets $97,350, putting the state 5 of 51 — about 40.58% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Massachusetts reports figures for, this is number 125.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $97,350, tax leaves $72,768 — and because Massachusetts is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $67,230 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $107,720, since top earners drag the number up.
- For lodging managers, Massachusetts sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $97,350, ranking 5 of 51 and running about 40.58% 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.
- In Massachusetts's occupational distribution, lodging managers sits at 125 of 485 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After tax, $72,768 remains from the Massachusetts median of $97,350 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $67,230 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $107,720 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Lodging Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $166,600 |
| This salary | $97,350 |
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 | $72,768 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,316 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,334 |
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 | $90,886 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,036 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $97,350 as a midpoint for Massachusetts, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $64,030 and the ninetieth is $166,600 — 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 $72,768, worked from $97,350. 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 125 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Massachusetts, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $67,230, the adjusted value of that $97,350 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 125 of 485 in the state.
- The Massachusetts median of $97,350 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $64,030 to $166,600. 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 $72,768, on $97,350 for work ranking 125 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 125 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Massachusetts, so $67,230 — the adjusted value of that $97,350 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 125 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $107,720 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $64,030 at the bottom tenth to $166,600 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 $67,230 — 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 $72,768 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 $107,720. 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 ($64,030) and the ninetieth ($166,600) 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 $67,230 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 $72,768 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.