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Lawyers Salary in Boston, MA

Estimates come from the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.

The median annual pay for Lawyers in Boston, MA is $183,350, 15% higher than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Boston sits within the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.

Across the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area, Lawyers pay runs from $84,280 to $379,350 a year, with about 20K people employed.

Median annual

$183,350

Median hourly

$88

Average annual

$215,680

Employed in metro

20K

Pay distribution

10th$84,280
25th$128,670
Median$183,350
75th$309,920
90th$379,350

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Hourly
$88.15
Daily
$705
Weekly
$3,526
Bi-weekly
$7,052
Monthly
$15,279
Annual
$183,350

$183,350 a year is around the 50th percentile for Lawyerss in Boston, MA. The median is $183,350.

Lawyers in other metro areas

  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$301,320
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$212,500
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$208,880
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$195,190
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$194,410
  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$185,520
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$183,350
  • Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$181,560