Medical and Health Services Managers in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$96,703
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$37,657
28.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$89,343
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
$134,360
Kept after tax
$96,703
Worth in national money
$89,343
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Massachusetts pays this job a middle wage of $134,360, ranking 10 of 51 states and sitting about 8.48% above the national middle.
- Within Massachusetts this is well-paid work. Of 485 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 34 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Massachusetts is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $134,360 the take-home is $96,703; in national-average money that behaves like $89,343. The average comes to $161,150, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Massachusetts's median for medical and health services managers is $134,360, about 8.48% above the national figure and 10 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Massachusetts publishes a median for, medical and health services managers sits 34 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 medical and health services managers in Massachusetts, on $134,360, is $96,703; deflated by the state's price level, $89,343. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $161,150 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Medical and Health Services Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $84,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $134,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $296,030 |
| This salary | $134,360 |
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 | $96,703 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $103,101 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$16,755 |
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 | $124,999 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$23,501 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $134,360 as a midpoint for Massachusetts, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $84,330 and the ninetieth is $296,030 — 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 $96,703, worked from $134,360. 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 34 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Massachusetts, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $89,343, the adjusted value of that $134,360 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 34 of 485 in the state.
- The Massachusetts median of $134,360 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $84,330 to $296,030. 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 $96,703, on $134,360 for work ranking 34 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 34 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Massachusetts, so $89,343 — the adjusted value of that $134,360 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 34 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $161,150, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $84,330 and the top tenth $296,030 — 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 $89,343 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 $96,703 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 $161,150. 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 ($84,330) and the ninetieth ($296,030) 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 $89,343 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 $96,703 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.