Marketing Managers in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$147,499
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$64,521
30.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$136,273
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
$212,020
Kept after tax
$147,499
Worth in national money
$136,273
State rank
1
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Massachusetts pays marketing managers a middle wage of $212,020, ranking 1 of 48 states and sitting about 27.12% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Massachusetts reports, marketing managers comes in at 6 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $212,020, tax leaves $147,499 — and because Massachusetts is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $136,273 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $213,230, since top earners drag the number up.
- Massachusetts's median for marketing managers is $212,020, about 27.12% above the national figure and 1 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Marketing managers ranks 6 of 485 occupations by median in Massachusetts, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After tax, $147,499 remains from the Massachusetts median of $212,020 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $136,273 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $213,230 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Marketing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $122,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $212,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $310,510 |
| This salary | $212,020 |
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 | $147,499 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $157,780 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$26,094 |
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 | $198,084 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$34,760 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of marketing managers in Massachusetts earn under $212,020 and half over. The published range runs $122,350 at the tenth percentile to $310,510 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Massachusetts the take-home figure of $147,499, from $212,020, 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 6 of 485 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $136,273, the adjusted value of that $212,020 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Massachusetts. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 6 of 485 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for marketing managers in Massachusetts, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $122,350 to $310,510; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Massachusetts is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $147,499 from $212,020. 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 6 of 485 locally.
- This $136,273 adjusted figure, worked from $212,020, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 6 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 6 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $122,350 at the bottom tenth to $310,510 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $136,273 of national purchasing power.
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 $147,499 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($122,350) and the ninetieth ($310,510) 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 $136,273 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 $147,499 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.