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Salaries & Cost of Living in Suffolk County, MA

Median pay, take-home pay and what is left after rent, food and energy for 101 occupations in Suffolk County, MA.

Jobs listed
101
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Median of medians
$75,210
per year, before tax
1-bedroom rent
$2,518
HUD Fair Market Rent / month
Jobs covering basics
72%
73 of 101
Household income
$95,631
Census median per year
Property tax
$4,649
Census median per year

Pay and cost of living in Suffolk County, MA

Suffolk County, MA is part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH labor market, and this page summarizes 101 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $75,210 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Natural Sciences Managers at $291,000, and the lowest is Packers and Packagers, Hand at $33,740.

A one-bedroom apartment in Suffolk County, MA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,518 a month and a two-bedroom $3,008. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $39,161 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $63,031 a year, and 73 of the 101 occupations listed here (72%) earn enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.

Each occupation links to a detailed page with gross pay, take-home pay, rent, food and energy costs, and the monthly budget margin. All pages share one method, which makes it easy to compare jobs inside Suffolk County, MA or against other counties.

Housing, taxes and commute in Suffolk County, MA

The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Suffolk County, MA, set beside the Massachusetts and national medians.

Median household income in Suffolk County, MA is $95,631, 8% below the Massachusetts median of $103,960 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($30,216) equals 31.6% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $75,210, is 21% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.

Homeowners in Suffolk County, MA pay a median of $4,649 a year in real estate taxes, 22% below the Massachusetts median of $5,992. With a median home value of $705,800, 26% above the Massachusetts median of $562,100, the ratio of the two medians is 0.66% a year.

Renters in Suffolk County, MA pay a median gross rent of $2,129 a month in the Census survey, 21% above the Massachusetts median of $1,762. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $2,518; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.

Workers in Suffolk County, MA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 30.9 minutes each way, 6% above the Massachusetts average of 29.1. 19.9% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.

All jobs in Suffolk County, MA, highest paying first

Showing 1–50 of 101.

Occupations in Suffolk County, MA ranked by median salary
#OccupationMedian salaryTake-homeLeft per month
1Natural Sciences Managers$291,000$194,829$12,972
2Computer and Information Systems Managers$214,960$149,452$9,191
3Marketing Managers$213,910$148,815$9,138
4Financial Managers$209,780$146,049$8,907
5Sales Managers$206,610$143,873$8,726
6Lawyers$183,350$127,755$7,383
7Software Developers$166,090$116,371$6,434
8Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$164,450$115,332$6,348
9Construction Managers$156,470$110,277$5,926
10Medical and Health Services Managers$136,760$97,790$4,886
11Management Analysts$135,640$97,081$4,827
12General and Operations Managers$133,800$95,915$4,730
13Data Scientists$132,040$94,800$4,637
14Biochemists and Biophysicists$131,550$94,490$4,611
15Education Administrators, Postsecondary$131,130$94,224$4,589
16Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$131,080$94,192$4,586
17Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$129,500$93,191$4,503
18Computer Systems Analysts$129,180$92,989$4,486
19Administrative Services Managers$120,670$87,597$4,036
20Mechanical Engineers$119,300$86,730$3,964
21Industrial Engineers$118,970$86,518$3,946
22Financial and Investment Analysts$117,520$85,570$3,867
23Project Management Specialists$114,990$83,917$3,730
24Civil Engineers$107,670$79,133$3,331
25Registered Nurses$106,180$78,160$3,250
26Compliance Officers$103,940$76,696$3,128
27Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$102,390$75,683$3,043
28Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$101,200$74,905$2,979
29Accountants and Auditors$100,150$74,219$2,921
30First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$99,890$74,049$2,907
31Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$98,850$73,369$2,851
32Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$98,060$72,853$2,808
33Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$96,760$72,004$2,737
34First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$94,970$70,834$2,639
35Buyers and Purchasing Agents$93,010$69,553$2,533
36Human Resources Specialists$90,270$67,762$2,383
37Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$85,260$64,488$2,111
38Training and Development Specialists$83,800$63,534$2,031
39Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$83,420$63,286$2,010
40First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$82,660$62,789$1,969
41Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$82,190$62,482$1,943
42Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$80,760$61,548$1,866
43Insurance Sales Agents$80,120$61,129$1,831
44Electricians$79,910$60,992$1,819
45Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$79,670$60,835$1,806
46Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$79,480$60,711$1,796
47Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$78,180$59,862$1,725
48First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$77,990$59,737$1,715
49Computer User Support Specialists$77,850$59,646$1,707
50Child, Family, and School Social Workers$77,420$59,365$1,684