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Bailiffs · SOC 33-3011

Bailiffs Salary in the Boston Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area

Figures describe the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Boston city limits.

Median annual wage$79,570
Median hourly wage$38.26

Bailiffs in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area earned a median of $79,570 per year ($38.26 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $48,910 at the 10th percentile to $105,580 at the 90th. BLS estimates 550 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Bailiffs in the Boston metro area earn more than $79,570 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $59,010 and $105,360.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$48,910$59,010$79,570$105,360$105,580
Hourly$23.52$28.37$38.26$50.66$50.76

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Boston metro areathis metro area
    $79,570
  • Massachusettsstate (MA)
    $86,730
  • United Statesnational
    $56,600

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −8% vs Massachusetts overall and +41% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$25,230$71,500$117,770$164,040Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $25,230Traverse City, MI — $25,960Gainesville, GA — $26,210Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $29,940Peoria, IL — $31,200Lexington-Fayette, KY — $32,020Columbus, GA-AL — $32,810Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $33,420Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $34,940Clarksville, TN-KY — $36,520Morgantown, WV — $36,940San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $37,770Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $37,970Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $38,010Tucson, AZ — $39,020Oklahoma City, OK — $42,000St. Louis, MO-IL — $43,680Rockford, IL — $45,120Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $45,300Youngstown-Warren, OH — $45,400Canton-Massillon, OH — $46,890Birmingham, AL — $46,930Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $47,380Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $47,600Springfield, MO — $50,320Columbus, OH — $50,500Boise City, ID — $50,610Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $50,660Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $52,070Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $52,590Cleveland, OH — $53,540Champaign-Urbana, IL — $54,810Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $55,010Pittsburgh, PA — $55,240Akron, OH — $55,660McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $55,690Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $55,750Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $55,890Toledo, OH — $56,010San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $57,260Jacksonville, FL — $57,530New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $57,670Kingston, NY — $57,920Tallahassee, FL — $59,320Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $59,450Utica-Rome, NY — $59,450Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $59,470Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $60,660Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $60,950Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $61,240Richmond, VA — $61,470Portland-South Portland, ME — $62,800Kansas City, MO-KS — $64,460Raleigh-Cary, NC — $66,980Topeka, KS — $69,390Wichita, KS — $69,390Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $71,230Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $71,460Glens Falls, NY — $71,670Rochester, NY — $72,450Binghamton, NY — $72,500Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $73,660Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $74,030Syracuse, NY — $75,920Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $79,040Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $79,570Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $82,590New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $83,360Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $100,570Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $164,040Warner Robins, GA — $164,040

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Boston metro area has the 6th-highest published median for this occupation among the 71 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Security Guards$44,990Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$78,180Firefighters$73,990Correctional Officers and Jailers$89,060First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$108,190First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$96,740

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.