Radiologic Technologists and Technicians in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,866
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$26,754
25.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,015
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
$103,620
Kept after tax
$76,866
Worth in national money
$71,015
State rank
2
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Massachusetts's middle earner gets $103,620, putting the state 2 of 51 — about 29.35% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Massachusetts reports, this job comes in at 97 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Massachusetts is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $103,620 the take-home is $76,866; in national-average money that behaves like $71,015. The average lands at $101,910, below the middle of the range.
- For radiologic technologists and technicians, Massachusetts sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $103,620, ranking 2 of 51 and running about 29.35% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Radiologic technologists and technicians ranks 97 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.
- Take-home for radiologic technologists and technicians in Massachusetts, on $103,620, is $76,866; deflated by the state's price level, $71,015. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $101,910 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $75,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $103,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $131,940 |
| This salary | $103,620 |
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 | $76,866 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,727 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,087 |
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 | $96,710 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$18,077 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Massachusetts earn less than $103,620. The published range is $75,350 up to $131,940, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Massachusetts's $76,866, worked from $103,620. 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 97 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $71,015 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 97.
- Reported values are medians; for radiologic technologists and technicians in Massachusetts the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $75,350 to $131,940. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Massachusetts take-home of $76,866, on $103,620 for work ranking 97 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 97 of 485 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $71,015, worked from $103,620, 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 97 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $75,350 at the tenth percentile, $131,940 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 $71,015 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, $76,866 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 ($75,350 to $131,940) 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 $71,015 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 $76,866 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.