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Orderlies · SOC 31-1132

Orderlies 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$39,800
Median hourly wage$19.14

Orderlies in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area earned a median of $39,800 per year ($19.14 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $37,510 at the 10th percentile to $51,180 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,330 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Orderlies in the Boston metro area earn more than $39,800 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,150 and $46,840.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$37,510$38,150$39,800$46,840$51,180
Hourly$18.03$18.34$19.14$22.52$24.61

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
    $39,800
  • Massachusettsstate (MA)
    $38,970
  • United Statesnational
    $38,290

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

The median here is +2% vs Massachusetts overall and +4% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$21,930$37,910$53,890$69,870Mayaguez, PR — $21,930San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,360Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $26,720Hattiesburg, MS — $26,840New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $27,270Baton Rouge, LA — $27,330Lafayette, LA — $28,170Jackson, MS — $28,450Florence, SC — $29,430Chattanooga, TN-GA — $29,490Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $29,780Monroe, LA — $30,170Altoona, PA — $30,370Savannah, GA — $30,420Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $30,730Columbus, GA-AL — $31,200McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $31,250Birmingham, AL — $31,310Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $31,830Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $32,140Fayetteville, NC — $33,010Macon-Bibb County, GA — $33,520Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $33,640El Paso, TX — $33,880Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $34,010Jacksonville, FL — $34,290Tulsa, OK — $34,430Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $34,690Canton-Massillon, OH — $34,700Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $34,760Oklahoma City, OK — $35,030Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $35,180Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $35,230Evansville, IN — $35,270Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $35,410Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $35,420Rockford, IL — $35,520Warner Robins, GA — $35,570St. Louis, MO-IL — $35,620Port St. Lucie, FL — $35,710Youngstown-Warren, OH — $35,750Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $35,770Fort Wayne, IN — $35,830Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $35,840Green Bay, WI — $35,960Worcester, MA — $36,050Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $36,170San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $36,210Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $36,220Akron, OH — $36,250Toledo, OH — $36,290Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $36,330Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $36,400Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $36,480South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $36,590Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $36,910Traverse City, MI — $36,940Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $36,980Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $37,000Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $37,090Kansas City, MO-KS — $37,150Columbus, OH — $37,360Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $37,380Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $37,410Fresno, CA — $37,410Richmond, VA — $37,560Albuquerque, NM — $37,650Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $37,670Cleveland, OH — $37,740Pittsburgh, PA — $37,740Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $37,760Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $37,870Raleigh-Cary, NC — $37,930Syracuse, NY — $38,280Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $38,350Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $38,370Boise City, ID — $38,620Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $38,630North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $38,660Winston-Salem, NC — $38,680Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $38,690Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $38,920Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $39,000Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $39,160Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $39,180Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $39,210Flint, MI — $39,310Anchorage, AK — $39,410York-Hanover, PA — $39,630Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $39,640Greensboro-High Point, NC — $39,680Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $39,800Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $39,950Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $40,380Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $40,420Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $41,120Urban Honolulu, HI — $42,080Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $42,170Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $42,840Colorado Springs, CO — $42,920Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $43,570Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $43,930Rochester, NY — $44,260Reading, PA — $44,510Boulder, CO — $44,660Utica-Rome, NY — $44,890Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $44,920Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $45,110New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $45,850Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $46,560Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $47,440Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $47,510Rochester, MN — $48,290San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $49,410Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $49,760Modesto, CA — $49,890Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $50,040Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $50,110Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $62,380Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $63,780San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $65,790San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $69,870

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 31st-highest published median for this occupation among the 122 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”.

Other metro areas in Massachusetts

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for orderlies, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Boston metro areathis page
    $39,800
  • Worcester metro area
    $36,050

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

Keep exploring

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

Home Health and Personal Care Aides$40,910Nursing Assistants$47,590Medical Assistants$50,740Dental Assistants$58,160Massage Therapists$75,160Physical Therapist Assistants$80,430

Highest-paying metro areas for orderliess · 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.