Veterinary Technologists and Technicians in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,828
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$9,712
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,797
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
$49,540
Kept after tax
$39,828
Worth in national money
$36,797
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Massachusetts's middle earner gets $49,540, putting the state 13 of 51 — about 4.56% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Massachusetts this is lower-paid work. Of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 364. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $49,540, tax leaves $39,828 — and because Massachusetts is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $36,797 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $53,170, since top earners drag the number up.
- For veterinary technologists and technicians, Massachusetts sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $49,540, ranking 13 of 51 and running about 4.56% 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.
- Against every occupation Massachusetts reports, veterinary technologists and technicians ranks 364 of 485, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After tax, $39,828 remains from the Massachusetts median of $49,540 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $36,797 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $53,170 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,470 |
| This salary | $49,540 |
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 | $39,828 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,985 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,409 |
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 | $46,855 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,751 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $49,540 as a midpoint for Massachusetts, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,500 and the ninetieth is $64,470 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Massachusetts the take-home figure of $39,828, from $49,540, 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 364 of 485 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $36,797, the adjusted value of that $49,540 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 364 of 485 locally.
- The Massachusetts median of $49,540 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,500 to $64,470. 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 $39,828 from $49,540. 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 364 of 485 locally.
- This $36,797 adjusted figure, worked from $49,540, 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 364 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 364 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $53,170, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,500 at the bottom tenth to $64,470 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $36,797 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, $39,828 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.
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 $53,170. 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 ($37,500 to $64,470) 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 $36,797 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 $39,828 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.