Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$81,427
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$29,173
26.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,230
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
$110,600
Kept after tax
$81,427
Worth in national money
$75,230
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Massachusetts's middle earner gets $110,600, putting the state 8 of 51 — about 15.84% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Massachusetts this is well-paid work. Of 485 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 73 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Massachusetts is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $110,600 the take-home is $81,427; in national-average money that behaves like $75,230. The average comes to $111,980, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For magnetic resonance imaging technologists, Massachusetts sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $110,600, ranking 8 of 51 and running about 15.84% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Massachusetts publishes a median for, magnetic resonance imaging technologists sits 73 of 485 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for magnetic resonance imaging technologists in Massachusetts, on $110,600, is $81,427; deflated by the state's price level, $75,230. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $111,980 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $110,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $146,880 |
| This salary | $110,600 |
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 | $81,427 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $86,637 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,926 |
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 | $103,194 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$19,236 |
| 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 $110,600. The published range is $62,360 up to $146,880, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $81,427 take-home in Massachusetts comes from $110,600. 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 73 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Massachusetts, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $75,230, the adjusted value of that $110,600 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 73 of 485 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for magnetic resonance imaging technologists in Massachusetts the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $62,360 to $146,880. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $81,427, from $110,600, 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 73 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Massachusetts, so $75,230 — the adjusted value of that $110,600 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 73 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $62,360 at the bottom tenth to $146,880 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $75,230 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Massachusetts then takes its own share, leaving $81,427.
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 ($62,360) and the ninetieth ($146,880) 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 $75,230 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 $81,427 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.