SALARY · NURSING ASSISTANTS · MASSACHUSETTS

Nursing Assistants salary in Massachusetts

Salary talk gets noisy fast, so I try to keep it plain. In Massachusetts, nursing assistants earned a median of $46,680 a year. From there, this page walks through the range, the hourly rate, how many people do the job here, and what stays in your pocket after federal tax and FICA.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$46,680

$22 per hour at the median · That is $4,420 (10.5 percent) above the national median of $42,260 for this occupation.

$47,700Mean annual salary
$23Mean hourly wage
$38,130People employed in this job in Massachusetts

Salary range

25th: $44,340Median: $46,68075th: $49,800
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$44,340
Median (50th percentile)$46,680
75th percentile$49,800
Mean$47,700

The middle half of workers earned from $44,340 to $49,800 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$37,573 a year
$3,131 a month
Federal tax $3,422 · FICA $3,571 · State tax $2,114

Caveat: the Massachusetts figure excludes the optional Social Security and Medicare deduction, worth up to $100 of tax.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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