Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,703
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$25,607
25.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,017
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
$100,310
Kept after tax
$74,703
Worth in national money
$69,017
State rank
2
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Massachusetts is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $100,310, which ranks 2 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 27.52% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Massachusetts reports, this job comes in at 114 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Massachusetts is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $100,310 the take-home is $74,703; in national-average money that behaves like $69,017. The average comes to $124,600, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Massachusetts ranks 2 of 48 states publishing a median for securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents, at $100,310 — about 27.52% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents ranks 114 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 securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents in Massachusetts, on $100,310, is $74,703; deflated by the state's price level, $69,017. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $124,600 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $219,190 |
| This salary | $100,310 |
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 | $74,703 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,398 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,689 |
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 | $93,636 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,528 |
| 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 $100,310. The published range is $50,540 up to $219,190, 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 $74,703, worked from $100,310. 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 114 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $69,017 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 114.
- Reported values are medians; for securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents in Massachusetts the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $50,540 to $219,190. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Massachusetts take-home of $74,703, on $100,310 for work ranking 114 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 114 of 485 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $69,017, worked from $100,310, 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 114 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $124,600, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $50,540 at the bottom tenth to $219,190 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 $69,017 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Massachusetts then takes its own share, leaving $74,703.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 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 $124,600. 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 ($50,540) and the ninetieth ($219,190) 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 $69,017 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 $74,703 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.
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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.