Packers and Packagers, Hand
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Estimated employment 11,250.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Boston earn more.
$33,740 in Boston buys what $31,200 buys across the country as a whole.
Boston's regional price parity is 108.3 — well above the national average — a dollar here buys noticeably less than in the US as a whole. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Massachusetts
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Boston |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstable Town | $36,520 | $37,100 | 98.4 | +19.2% |
| Springfield | $35,810 | $37,300 | 96.1 | +19.6% |
| Amherst Town | $35,450 | $35,400 | 100.2 | +13.5% |
| Pittsfield | $34,200 | $36,000 | 95.1 | +15.4% |
| Boston This page | $33,740 | $31,200 | 108.3 | — |
| Worcester | $33,350 | $32,500 | 102.5 | +4.4% |
Price parity and difference against Boston are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 11,250 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 53-7064, Packers and Packagers, Hand. Mapped to our taxonomy as packers-and-packagers-hand.
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