How much do Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other make in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH?

Percentile spread

For Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $77,340 and the 90th percentile is $169,520. The difference is $92,180, which is 87.2% 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 $89,320 to the 75th at $147,200, covers $57,880.

The mean annual wage is $119,110, which sits above the median of $105,670. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH median is 4.5% higher than the national median of $101,110 for Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $97,602, which is 3.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Massachusetts median of $105,640.

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 $105,670 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other at $97,602 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH ranks 4th of 8 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).).

• Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 58 miles away, with a median of $92,100 and employment of 110. That median is 12.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $90,496, against $97,602 here.
• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 97 miles away, with a median of $108,430 and employment of 70. That median is 2.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $105,532, against $97,602 here.
• New Haven, CT is 126 miles away, with a median of $126,610 and employment of 70. That median is 19.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $121,090, against $97,602 here.

Employment share

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (760 of 2,703,890). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (37,100 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.18 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.