SOC 53-3054 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Taxi Drivers make in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Taxi Drivers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is $35,290. The 10th percentile is $32,830 and the 90th percentile is $37,440. Employment is 230.

Median annual wage

$35,290

10th percentile
$32,830
25th percentile
$35,240
Median
$35,290
75th percentile
$36,450
90th percentile
$37,440
Mean
$35,560

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Taxi Drivers, the published 10th percentile is $32,830 and the 90th percentile is $37,440. The difference is $4,610, which is 13.1% 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 $35,240 to the 75th at $36,450, covers $1,210.

The mean annual wage is $35,560, which sits above the median of $35,290. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH median is 16.2% lower than the national median of $42,100 for Taxi Drivers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $32,596, which is 22.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.1% higher than the Massachusetts median of $35,270.

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 $35,290 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Taxi Drivers at $32,596 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Taxi Drivers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Taxi Drivers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (230 of 2,703,890). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (41,050 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.32 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · Taxi Drivers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Taxi Drivers make in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Taxi Drivers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is $35,290. The 10th percentile is $32,830 and the 90th percentile is $37,440. Employment is 230.

How does that compare with the national median for Taxi Drivers?

The local median is 16.2% lower than the national median of $42,100.

What is Taxi Drivers pay in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 108.266, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $35,290 is $32,596. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.