Parking Attendants in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,651
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$6,709
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,318
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
$37,360
Kept after tax
$30,651
Worth in national money
$28,318
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Massachusetts pays parking attendants a middle wage of $37,360, ranking 6 of 51 states and sitting about 6.29% above the national middle.
- Against 485 occupations Massachusetts publishes, parking attendants lands at 465. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Massachusetts is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $37,360 the take-home is $30,651; in national-average money that behaves like $28,318. The average comes to $38,280, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Massachusetts's median for parking attendants is $37,360, about 6.29% above the national figure and 6 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, this work ranks 465 of 485 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Take-home for parking attendants in Massachusetts, on $37,360, is $30,651; deflated by the state's price level, $28,318. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $38,280 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Parking Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $44,670 |
| This salary | $37,360 |
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 | $30,651 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,199 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,817 |
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 | $35,433 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,826 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $37,360 as a midpoint for Massachusetts, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $33,900 and the ninetieth is $44,670 — 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 $30,651, worked from $37,360. 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 465 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $28,318 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 465.
- The Massachusetts median of $37,360 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $33,900 to $44,670. 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 $30,651, on $37,360 for work ranking 465 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 465 of 485 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $28,318, worked from $37,360, 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 465 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $33,900 at the tenth percentile, $44,670 at the ninetieth.
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 $28,318 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Massachusetts's own levy, $30,651 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,900 to $44,670) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Massachusetts rather than a national figure.
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 $28,318 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 $30,651 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.