How much do Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers make in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH?

Percentile spread

For Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, the published 10th percentile is $36,540 and the 90th percentile is $55,240. The difference is $18,700, which is 40.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $41,600 to the 75th at $53,280, covers $11,680.

The mean annual wage is $46,800, which sits above the median of $45,760. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH median is 15.5% higher than the national median of $39,630 for Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,266, which is 6.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.4% higher than the Massachusetts median of $42,200.

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Massachusetts, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 108.266, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $45,760 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers at $42,266 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

18 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH ranks 2nd of 19 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Manchester-Nashua, NH is 45 miles away, with a median of $42,930 and employment of 140. That median is 6.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,631, against $42,266 here.
• Worcester, MA is 49 miles away, with a median of $37,550 and employment of 240. That median is 17.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,626, against $42,266 here.
• Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 58 miles away, with a median of $45,240 and employment of 220. That median is 1.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,452, against $42,266 here.

Employment share

Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (850 of 2,703,890). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (95,580 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.51 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.