Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Massachusetts

830 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Massachusetts for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$131,210	750	View salary detail
Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers	$131,210	750	View salary detail
Financial Risk Specialists	$130,400	1,440	View salary detail
Neuropsychologists	$129,410	500	View salary detail
Clinical Neuropsychologists	$129,410	500	View salary detail
Psychologists, All Other	$129,410	500	View salary detail
Database Administrators	$129,300	2,310	View salary detail
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$128,970	9,120	View salary detail
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$128,430	10,570	View salary detail
Computer Programmers	$128,390	1,930	View salary detail
Computer Systems Analysts	$128,240	22,160	View salary detail
Health Informatics Specialists	$128,240	22,160	View salary detail
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	$128,210	17,100	View salary detail
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$128,150	920	View salary detail
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$128,030	1,490	View salary detail
Electrical Engineers	$127,720	5,040	View salary detail
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	$127,570	4,740	View salary detail
General and Operations Managers	$127,220	95,880	View salary detail
Signal and Track Switch Repairers	$126,440	160	View salary detail
Actuaries	$126,040	—	View salary detail
Personal Financial Advisors	$125,670	—	View salary detail
Life Scientists, All Other	$125,260	100	View salary detail
Air Traffic Controllers	$125,060	120	View salary detail
Chemists	$125,000	3,430	View salary detail
Facilities Managers	$124,100	6,070	View salary detail
Security Managers	$124,100	6,070	View salary detail
Supply Chain Managers	$123,830	4,310	View salary detail
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$123,830	4,310	View salary detail
Emergency Management Directors	$123,250	220	View salary detail
Ship Engineers	$122,720	150	View salary detail
Microbiologists	$122,350	1,960	View salary detail
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$122,210	6,640	View salary detail
Historians	$121,710	—	View salary detail
Anthropologists and Archeologists	$121,300	80	View salary detail
Power Distributors and Dispatchers	$121,010	390	View salary detail
Pile Driver Operators	$120,980	130	View salary detail
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	$120,840	2,050	View salary detail
Plant and System Operators, All Other	$120,660	40	View salary detail
Biofuels Processing Technicians	$120,660	40	View salary detail
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	$119,460	430	View salary detail
Hydrologists	$119,350	50	View salary detail
Fuel Cell Engineers	$119,300	7,680	View salary detail
Automotive Engineers	$119,300	7,680	View salary detail
Mechanical Engineers	$119,300	7,680	View salary detail
Solar Sales Representatives and Assessors	$118,980	11,650	View salary detail
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$118,980	11,650	View salary detail
Nuclear Medicine Technologists	$118,250	380	View salary detail
Chemical Engineers	$118,000	1,460	View salary detail
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	$117,330	4,590	View salary detail
Administrative Services Managers	$116,710	9,130	View salary detail

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Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.