Massachusetts · BLS May 2025

How much does a medical or health services manager make in Massachusetts?

Also called healthcare administrator, hospital administrator. SOC 11-9111.

A medical or health services manager in Massachusetts earns a median of $134,360 a year ($64.59 an hour), about $8,059 a month after federal, state and FICA tax. Figure from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey. The survey counted 17,600 of these jobs in Massachusetts in May 2025.

Median pay · Massachusetts

$134,360A year, or $65 an hour.
Take-home a month$8,059After federal, state and FICA tax at 28%
Worth at national prices$127,046Prices here sit at 105.8 against 100
Against the nation8.5% aboveNational median $123,860
What medical and health services managers earn in Massachusetts, May 2025
PercentileAnnualHourly
10th percentile1 in 10 earn less$84,330$41
25th percentile$104,630$50
MedianHalf earn more, half less$134,360$65
75th percentile$178,540$86
90th percentile1 in 10 earn more$296,030$142
MeanAll pay divided by all jobs$161,150$77

Wage survey · BLS May 2025

How we got this
  1. Median wage in MassachusettsBLS OEWS May 2025. Half of the people in this job were paid more than this, half less.$134,360
  2. Median hourly wagePublished separately by BLS, not divided out of the annual figure.$64.59
  3. Take-home after federal, state and FICA tax$8,059 a month at an effective rate of 28%.$96,703 a year
  4. Worth at national average pricesPrices in Massachusetts sit at 105.8 against a national 100 (BEA, 2024).$127,046
  5. Against the national medianThe national median is $123,860.8.5% above
  6. Jobs countedA concentration of 1.26 against the nation's 1.00.17,600
What we assumed
  • Wages are BLS OEWS survey estimates for May 2025, not job postings or offers.
  • OEWS surveys wage and salary workers. The self-employed and business owners are outside it.
  • Take-home assumes one 2026 filer, filing single, taking the standard deduction, with no dependents, pre-tax retirement contributions or local income tax.
  • Regional price parities compare price levels between places in one year. They are not inflation, and they do not adjust for what a household actually buys.
Technical details

Method occupation-wage-v1Data bls-oews-2025-05-v1, us-tax-2026-v1, bea-rpp-2024-v1, census-acs5-2024-v1

What lands in the bank

Tax year 2026 · Interactive

Estimated on the median salary of $134,360 in Massachusetts, for a single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026. Explore other wage levels and filing statuses below.

$134,360
$80,000$300,000
Filing status:
Gross salary breakdown$134,360
Net 72%
Fed 16%
MA 5%
FICA 8%
Annual take-home$96,703After all taxes
Monthly deposit$8,059Estimated per month
Biweekly paycheck$3,719Every 2 weeks (26/yr)
Effective tax rate28%Total tax burden
Federal income tax$20,980 / yr
Massachusetts state income tax$6,398 / yr
FICA (Social Security & Medicare)$10,279 / yr

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What $134,360 is worth in Massachusetts

Prices in Massachusetts sit at 105.8 against a national average of 100, so $134,360 earned here buys what $127,046 buys at national average prices.

  • Rents. 128.1 against 100, the component that moves most between states.
  • Against local households. The median household in Massachusetts takes in $103,960, so this occupation's median is 1.29 times that, on one income.
  • How common the job is here. 26% more concentrated in Massachusetts than in the country as a whole.

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Reading the numbers

What stands out for medical or health services managers in Massachusetts

BLS does not publish exact figures above $239,200 a year ($115.00 an hour). At least one percentile in Massachusetts reaches that cap, so the top of the range is higher than the table can show.

Rents in Massachusetts index at 128.1 (U.S. = 100) while prices overall index at 105.8, a gap of +22.3 pts. For a renter, housing moves the local cost of living more than anything else.

The gap between the ends is wide: the 90th percentile ($296,030) is 3.5 times the 10th ($84,330). The survey does not say who sits where in that range. It records no experience, shift or employer.

One median paycheck here is 1.3 times the median household income in Massachusetts ($103,960), a figure that counts every earner in the home.

Common questions

Medical or Health Services Manager pay in Massachusetts, answered

How much does a medical or health services manager make in Massachusetts?

The median wage for medical or health services managers in Massachusetts is $134,360 a year, or $64.59 an hour.

Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.

What is the average medical or health services manager salary in Massachusetts?

BLS’s mean (average) wage for medical or health services managers in Massachusetts is $161,150 a year. The median is $134,360.

The mean sits higher when a smaller group of high earners pulls the average up. For a typical paycheck, the median is the better middle.

What is the hourly pay for a medical or health services manager in Massachusetts?

The median hourly wage is $64.59. At a full-time year that lines up with about $134,360 a year.

BLS May 2025; hourly and annual figures come from the same survey.

What is the starting salary for a medical or health services manager in Massachusetts?

BLS does not publish starting pay. The closest figure it does publish is the low end of the range: in Massachusetts, the lowest-paid 10% of medical or health services managers earn under $84,330 a year and a quarter earn under $104,630 ($40.54 and $50.30 an hour).

New hires often start somewhere in that band, but the May 2025 survey does not record experience, so read it as a floor to compare an offer against rather than a typical first salary.

What is the salary range for a medical or health services manager in Massachusetts?

The overall salary range for medical or health services managers in Massachusetts spans from $84,330 for the bottom 10% to $296,030 for top earners.

The middle 50% earn between $104,630 and $178,540 a year, with the overall median at $134,360.

What is the take-home pay for a medical or health services manager in Massachusetts?

On the median wage of $134,360, a single filer taking the 2026 standard deduction keeps an estimated $96,703 a year, or roughly $8,059 a month.

That is after federal, state and FICA tax, an effective rate of 28%.

Massachusetts takes $6,398 of it in state income tax.

How much does a medical or health services manager make a month in Massachusetts?

On the median annual salary of $134,360, estimated take-home pay is roughly $8,059 a month after federal, state, and FICA taxes.

For workers paid on a standard biweekly schedule (26 pay periods per year), each paycheck is approximately $3,719 net.

Do medical or health services managers earn more in Massachusetts than in the rest of the country?

Yes. The median in Massachusetts is 8.5% above the national median of $123,860.

Nominal pay is only half the comparison: prices in Massachusetts sit at 105.8 against a national 100, so the gap in what the money buys is different from the gap in the salary.

Is $134,360 a good salary in Massachusetts?

It is 1.29 times the median household income of $103,960. A household often has more than one earner, so a single salary at this level goes further than the ratio alone suggests.

Prices in Massachusetts run at 105.8 against a national average of 100, with rents at 128.1, so $134,360 here buys about what $127,046 buys at national average prices.

What do the highest-paid medical or health services managers earn in Massachusetts?

The top tenth earn $296,030 a year or more. The 10th-percentile wage is $84,330.

Experience, specialty, employer and the part of Massachusetts someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.

How many medical or health services managers are there in Massachusetts?

The survey counted 17,600 of these jobs in Massachusetts for May 2025.

That makes the occupation 26% more concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.

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