Tile and Stone Setters in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,182
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$18,968
23.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,449
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
$81,150
Kept after tax
$62,182
Worth in national money
$57,449
State rank
1
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for tile and stone setters is strong here. Massachusetts's middle earner gets $81,150, putting the state 1 of 47 — about 45.72% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Massachusetts reports figures for, this is number 174.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $81,150 the take-home is $62,182. But Massachusetts costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $57,449 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $80,300, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For tile and stone setters, Massachusetts sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $81,150, ranking 1 of 47 and running about 45.72% 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.
- In Massachusetts's occupational distribution, tile and stone setters sits at 174 of 485 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Massachusetts income tax is $62,182 for tile and stone setters, from $81,150. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $57,449. ⚠️ 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 $80,300 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Tile and Stone Setters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,170 |
| This salary | $81,150 |
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 | $62,182 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,919 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,386 |
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 | $75,837 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,347 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $81,150 as a midpoint for Massachusetts, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $52,040 and the ninetieth is $104,170 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $62,182 take-home in Massachusetts comes from $81,150. 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 174 of 485.
- Two cautions on $57,449, the adjusted value of that $81,150 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 174 of 485 locally.
- The Massachusetts median of $81,150 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $52,040 to $104,170. 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 $62,182, from $81,150, 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 174 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 1 of 47 for it.
- This $57,449 adjusted figure, worked from $81,150, 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 174 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 174 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $52,040 and the top tenth $104,170, so most people doing this work in Massachusetts sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $57,449 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, $62,182 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($52,040 to $104,170) 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 $57,449 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 $62,182 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.