Managers, All Other in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$127,485
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$55,465
30.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$117,782
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
$182,950
Kept after tax
$127,485
Worth in national money
$117,782
State rank
1
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Massachusetts pays managers, all other a middle wage of $182,950, ranking 1 of 51 states and sitting about 28.93% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Massachusetts. It ranks 11 out of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $182,950 the take-home is $127,485. But Massachusetts costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $117,782 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $198,080, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Massachusetts's median for managers, all other is $182,950, about 28.93% above the national figure and 1 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.
- Within Massachusetts, managers, all other ranks 11 of 485 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Massachusetts income tax is $127,485 for managers, all other, from $182,950. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $117,782. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $198,080 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Managers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $110,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $182,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $309,290 |
| This salary | $182,950 |
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 | $127,485 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $136,312 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$22,493 |
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 | $170,035 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$31,979 |
| 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 $182,950. The published range is $110,970 up to $309,290, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Massachusetts the take-home figure of $127,485, from $182,950, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 11 of 485 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $117,782 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 11.
- Reported values are medians; for managers, all other in Massachusetts the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $110,970 to $309,290. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Massachusetts is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $127,485 from $182,950. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 11 of 485 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $117,782, worked from $182,950, 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 11 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 $198,080 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $110,970, the highest tenth $309,290, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $117,782 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 $127,485 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 $198,080. 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 ($110,970) and the ninetieth ($309,290) 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 $117,782 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 $127,485 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.