Teachers and Instructors, All Other in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,899
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$25,711
25.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,198
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
$100,610
Kept after tax
$74,899
Worth in national money
$69,198
State rank
2
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for teachers and instructors, all other is strong here. Massachusetts's middle earner gets $100,610, putting the state 2 of 50 — about 52.12% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Massachusetts reports, teachers and instructors, all other comes in at 112 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $100,610, tax leaves $74,899 — and because Massachusetts is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $69,198 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $89,220.
- For teachers and instructors, all other, Massachusetts sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $100,610, ranking 2 of 50 and running about 52.12% 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.
- Teachers and instructors, all other ranks 112 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, $74,899 remains from the Massachusetts median of $100,610 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $69,198 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $89,220 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Teachers and Instructors, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $114,300 |
| This salary | $100,610 |
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 | $74,899 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,609 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,725 |
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 | $93,914 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,578 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $100,610 as a midpoint for Massachusetts, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,920 and the ninetieth is $114,300 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Massachusetts the take-home figure of $74,899, from $100,610, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 112 of 485 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $69,198, the adjusted value of that $100,610 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 112 of 485 locally.
- The Massachusetts median of $100,610 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,920 to $114,300. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Massachusetts is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $74,899 from $100,610. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 112 of 485 locally.
- This $69,198 adjusted figure, worked from $100,610, 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 112 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 112 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 $89,220 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $49,920 at the bottom tenth to $114,300 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $69,198 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Massachusetts adds its own income tax on top — which is why $74,899 of this wage survives to your account.
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 $89,220. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($49,920 to $114,300) 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 $69,198 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 $74,899 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.