$30,000 After Taxes in Massachusetts (2026)

A single filer paid $30,000 in Massachusetts has $13,900 of federal taxable income after the $16,100 standard deduction. The top slice of that income falls in the 12% federal bracket, which starts at $12,400 of taxable income, and federal income tax comes to $1,420, or 4.73% of the salary.

Payroll tax is federal and the same in Massachusetts as everywhere else: on $30,000 of wages it is $2,295, made up of $1,860 of Social Security at 6.2% of every dollar and $435 of Medicare at 1.45%.

Massachusetts taxable income is $25,600, and its top slice reaches the 5% Massachusetts rate, below the state's 9% top rate. State income tax is $1,280, 4.27% of the salary. Massachusetts taxes most income at 5%, plus a 4% surtax on taxable income above $1,107,750 for tax year 2026, giving a top combined rate of 9%.

Altogether $4,995 of a $30,000 Massachusetts salary goes to tax, an effective total rate of 16.65%, which leaves $25,005 a year: $2,084 a month, $962 every two weeks, $481 a week, or $12 an hour over 2,080 hours.

At $30,000, Massachusetts ranks 49th of 51 jurisdictions for take-home pay, highest first. A no-tax state leaves $1,280 more a year, and the median state $719 more than Massachusetts. The lowest take-home at $30,000 is $24,621, in Oregon, $384 less than in Massachusetts.

Across the state line the same $30,000 leaves a single filer: New Hampshire $26,285, $1,280 more; Vermont $25,724, $719 more; New York $25,262, $257 more; Connecticut $25,924, $919 more; Rhode Island $25,777, $772 more.

These Massachusetts figures treat the whole $30,000 as wages, take the standard deduction, claim no dependents and include no federal credits. A pre-tax 401(k) contribution or health premium would lower taxable income and raise take-home; a second income or itemized deductions would change it again.