Physicians, All Other in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$162,863
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$73,717
31.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$150,467
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
$236,580
Kept after tax
$162,863
Worth in national money
$150,467
State rank
38
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Massachusetts pays physicians, all other a middle wage of $236,580, 38 of 50 states and about 11.04% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Massachusetts reports, physicians, all other comes in at 3 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $236,580, tax leaves $162,863 — and because Massachusetts is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $150,467 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $247,150, since top earners drag the number up.
- Massachusetts's $236,580 median for physicians, all other places it 38 of 50 states, about 11.04% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Physicians, all other ranks 3 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, $162,863 remains from the Massachusetts median of $236,580 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $150,467 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $247,150 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Physicians, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $236,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $431,300 |
| This salary | $236,580 |
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 | $162,863 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $174,372 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$28,974 |
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 | $219,049 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$40,216 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $236,580 as a midpoint for Massachusetts, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $77,630 and the ninetieth is $431,300 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $162,863 take-home in Massachusetts comes from $236,580. 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 3 of 485.
- Two cautions on $150,467, the adjusted value of that $236,580 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 3 of 485 locally.
- The Massachusetts median of $236,580 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $77,630 to $431,300. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $162,863, from $236,580, 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 3 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 38 of 50 for it.
- This $150,467 adjusted figure, worked from $236,580, 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 3 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 3 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 $247,150 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $77,630 at the bottom tenth to $431,300 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 $150,467 rather than its face figure.
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, $162,863 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $247,150. 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 ($77,630) and the ninetieth ($431,300) 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 $150,467 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 $162,863 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.