Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,921
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$12,359
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,274
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
$60,280
Kept after tax
$47,921
Worth in national money
$44,274
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Massachusetts is 21 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $60,280. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 291 among 485 occupations Massachusetts publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $60,280 the take-home is $47,921. But Massachusetts costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $44,274 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $61,670, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Massachusetts ranks 21 of 51 for production, planning, and expediting clerks at $60,280. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 291 of 485 in Massachusetts places production, planning, and expediting clerks in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Massachusetts income tax is $47,921 for production, planning, and expediting clerks, from $60,280. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,274. ⚠️ 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 $61,670 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,380 |
| This salary | $60,280 |
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 | $47,921 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,615 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,813 |
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 | $56,927 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,449 |
| 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 production, planning, and expediting clerks in Massachusetts earn under $60,280 and half over. The published range runs $41,320 at the tenth percentile to $81,380 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $47,921 take-home in Massachusetts comes from $60,280. 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 291 of 485.
- Two cautions on $44,274, the adjusted value of that $60,280 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 291 of 485 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for production, planning, and expediting clerks in Massachusetts, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $41,320 to $81,380; 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.
- Retained pay of $47,921, from $60,280, 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 291 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 51 for it.
- This $44,274 adjusted figure, worked from $60,280, 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 291 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 291 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $41,320 and the top tenth $81,380, so most people doing this work in Massachusetts sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $44,274 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, $47,921 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 ($41,320 to $81,380) 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 $44,274 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 $47,921 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.