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Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other · SOC 19-4099

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other 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$65,780
Median hourly wage$31.63

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area earned a median of $65,780 per year ($31.63 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $46,960 at the 10th percentile to $99,930 at the 90th. BLS estimates 740 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other in the Boston metro area earn more than $65,780 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $50,920 and $71,680.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$46,960$50,920$65,780$71,680$99,930
Hourly$22.58$24.48$31.63$34.46$48.04

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
    $65,780
  • Massachusettsstate (MA)
    $63,820
  • United Statesnational
    $62,280

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

The median here is +3% vs Massachusetts overall and +6% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$27,910$56,970$86,030$115,090Amarillo, TX — $27,910Ponce, PR — $29,900College Station-Bryan, TX — $31,100Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $31,200San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $32,970Jefferson City, MO — $36,750Corpus Christi, TX — $37,980Johnson City, TN — $38,410Longview, TX — $38,890Gainesville, FL — $40,000Athens-Clarke County, GA — $42,360Greeley, CO — $42,530Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $43,960Macon-Bibb County, GA — $44,390Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $46,190Madison, WI — $46,540Ithaca, NY — $46,640New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $46,760Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $47,220McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $48,100Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $48,480Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $48,610Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $48,680Columbus, OH — $48,840Salem, OR — $48,840Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $48,960Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $49,030Chattanooga, TN-GA — $49,040Cleveland, OH — $49,090Akron, OH — $49,240Lafayette, LA — $49,280Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $49,360Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $49,410Bend, OR — $49,420San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $49,630Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $49,790Twin Falls, ID — $49,810Spartanburg, SC — $49,830Corvallis, OR — $50,130Cedar Rapids, IA — $50,180Binghamton, NY — $50,500Urban Honolulu, HI — $50,630Bozeman, MT — $50,700El Paso, TX — $50,750Tallahassee, FL — $50,900Rochester, NY — $51,370Pittsburgh, PA — $51,490Lubbock, TX — $51,680Syracuse, NY — $51,770Columbia, SC — $51,840Missoula, MT — $52,260Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $52,420Ann Arbor, MI — $52,510Killeen-Temple, TX — $52,900Fargo, ND-MN — $53,090Greensboro-High Point, NC — $53,250Baton Rouge, LA — $53,360Ogden, UT — $53,430Albuquerque, NM — $53,750Waco, TX — $53,750Lancaster, PA — $53,880Springfield, MO — $54,130Reno, NV — $54,140Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $54,350Boise City, ID — $54,390St. Louis, MO-IL — $54,420Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $55,050St. Joseph, MO-KS — $55,070Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $55,230Kansas City, MO-KS — $55,660Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $56,180Bismarck, ND — $56,420Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $56,530Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $56,590North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $56,910Bangor, ME — $57,040Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $57,060Joplin, MO-KS — $57,110Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $57,160Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $57,220Fresno, CA — $57,310Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $57,420Eugene-Springfield, OR — $57,530Dalton, GA — $57,540Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $57,680York-Hanover, PA — $57,910Charlottesville, VA — $58,000Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $58,240Medford, OR — $58,280Savannah, GA — $58,280Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $58,580Lexington Park, MD — $58,720Kennewick-Richland, WA — $58,790Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $59,000Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $59,330Morgantown, WV — $59,750Clarksville, TN-KY — $59,950Las Cruces, NM — $59,960Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $60,080Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $60,150Tyler, TX — $60,300Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $60,380Charleston, WV — $60,420Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $60,590Chico, CA — $60,900Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $61,100Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $61,110Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $61,130Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $61,420Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $61,730Tulsa, OK — $61,860Knoxville, TN — $62,050Huntsville, AL — $62,420Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $62,510Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $62,540Richmond, VA — $62,610Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $62,660Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $62,660Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $62,820Iowa City, IA — $62,920Asheville, NC — $63,130Jacksonville, FL — $63,180Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $63,460Salinas, CA — $63,510Wilmington, NC — $63,520Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $63,560Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $63,710Reading, PA — $63,790Utica-Rome, NY — $64,030Manchester-Nashua, NH — $64,130Birmingham, AL — $64,140Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $64,150State College, PA — $64,210Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $64,240Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $64,400Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $64,590New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $64,730Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $64,840Anchorage, AK — $64,880Ames, IA — $65,020Tucson, AZ — $65,270Lincoln, NE — $65,480Winston-Salem, NC — $65,730Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $65,780Fayetteville, NC — $65,940Jackson, MS — $66,030Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $66,290Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $66,440New Haven, CT — $66,710Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $66,770Lexington-Fayette, KY — $67,200Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $67,420Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $67,670Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $68,510Colorado Springs, CO — $68,560Wichita, KS — $68,640Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $69,440Peoria, IL — $71,280Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $71,540Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $72,100Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $74,100San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $75,970Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $76,250Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $76,630Raleigh-Cary, NC — $77,000Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $77,510San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $77,670Portland-South Portland, ME — $77,770Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $78,540Vallejo, CA — $79,180Stockton-Lodi, CA — $79,830Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $80,470Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $80,600San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $83,160Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $86,450Fairbanks-College, AK — $86,530Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $87,180Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $87,180Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $90,900Lynchburg, VA — $95,770Oklahoma City, OK — $100,190Lawton, OK — $115,090

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 39th-highest published median for this occupation among the 182 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:

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$129,500Biochemists and Biophysicists$131,550Biological Technicians$61,610Chemists$127,290Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$105,960Biological Scientists, All Other$110,410

Highest-paying metro areas for life, physical, and social science technicians, all others · Highest-paying occupations in Boston Metro

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.