Side-by-side distribution
Massachusetts
$125,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 69%
- Live roles
- 3,118
New York
$160,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 75.6%
- Live roles
- 20,802
Highest-paying jobs
Director of Annual Giving: JFund
Co-Founder & CEO - AI Retail Planning Autopilot
Strategic Account Executive - Boston (Remote)
Vice President of Enterprise Sales, East
Psychiatrist (MD / DO)
Area Vice President, Strategic Sales
Staff Field Application Engineer
Sr. Staff Program Manager & Chief of Staff, Operations
Machine Learning Research Engineer (LLMs & AI Systems)
Psych Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP, Psych APRN)
Highest-paying jobs
Director, Client Services
Sr. Business Development Leader - S&T Market
Performance Marketing Manager
Chief Legal Officer (CLO) ($1M-$5M salary)
Revenue Leader, Brand Partnerships
Senior Staff Frontend Engineer ($500k - $1.5m salary)
Co-Founder & CEO - AI Retail Planning Autopilot
Senior Staff React Native Engineer ($500k - 1.5m salary)
Senior Staff Backend Engineer ($500k - $1.5m salary)
Senior Staff Full Stack Engineer ($500k - $1.5m salary)
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 159 |
Formlabs
|
$129,250 | 86 |
| AX Axon | $179,829 | 75 |
|
JCC Greater Boston
|
$39,260 | 70 |
The Trustees of Reservations
|
$39,520 | 62 |
Centria Autism
|
$50,960 | 58 |
Datadog
|
$147,500 | 53 |
Professional Physical Therapy
|
$95,000 | 49 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Greenlife Healthcare Staffing
|
$141,440 | 309 |
Fluidstack
|
$217,500 | 285 |
Anthropic
|
$362,500 | 224 |
Brex
|
$187,081 | 204 |
Oscar Health
|
$151,700 | 196 |
DIG INN Chefs-In-Training
|
$36,400 | 184 |
CoreWeave
|
$203,500 | 178 |
DoorDash USA
|
$139,500 | 175 |
Highest-paying roles in Massachusetts
| Role | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | $173,000 | 365 |
| DevOps | $167,592 | 70 |
| Customer Success | $150,250 | 461 |
| Product Manager | $150,000 | 319 |
| Recruiter | $145,400 | 302 |
| Data Scientist | $143,754 | 46 |
| UX Designer | $142,649 | 7 |
| Financial Analyst | $130,000 | 46 |
| Sales | $128,000 | 618 |
| Project Manager | $125,000 | 192 |
Highest-paying roles in New York
| Role | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | $205,000 | 2,597 |
| Data Scientist | $191,950 | 233 |
| DevOps | $191,700 | 317 |
| UX Designer | $172,500 | 121 |
| Recruiter | $170,000 | 1,798 |
| Product Manager | $165,500 | 3,390 |
| Customer Success | $165,000 | 3,668 |
| Sales | $162,500 | 5,315 |
| Marketing Manager | $144,000 | 2,011 |
| Project Manager | $133,000 | 1,491 |
Massachusetts vs New York: which pays more?
The median for Massachusetts is $125,000 per year (typically $75,000–$177,698), versus $160,000 for New York ($105,000–$212,500). That puts New York about 28% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Massachusetts and New York are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.