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🇺🇸United States · High income · 2026-Q3

Boston

31composite score · #39 of 50

LOW · source quality below tier-2

STAYS LOW 2026-04-29 (Round H): Cleaned up earnings_url to point to MA general minimum wage page. The MA AG settlement applies to RIDESHARE only, Uber's own policy explicitly excludes delivery from active-time calculation. Previous published rationale incorrectly suggested the $34.48 settlement floor applied to delivery; corrected. To promote to MEDIUM/HIGH: would need a Massachusetts-specific delivery hourly rate from a tier-1 (gov) or tier-2 (Fairwork, named union) source. None currently exists for food delivery.

Only HIGH-confidence cities carry a full verification audit. See the methodology for what each tier means.

Earnings (USD per hour)

Net, after tax & expensesn/a
Gross$17.95/hr

Source: Massachusetts general minimum wage (estimate; no delivery-specific pay floor)

What would you take home in Boston?

30hrs

Take-home, weekly

n/a

Take-home, monthly

n/a

Gross, weekly

$539

Gross, monthly

$2,334

Take-home is gross hourly minus an estimated tax/expense rate per country. See the methodology page for the derivation. This widget assumes you actually work the hours you set. For app-based delivery, a portion of logged-in time is unpaid waiting; the headline rate reflects engaged time only where regulators have defined it.

Cost of living vs. earnings

Hours of work for one month's rent (1BR outside centre)455 hours
Rent, 1BR outside centre$2600/mo
Restaurant meal (mid-range)$30.00

Pay vs. local labour market

Minimum wage$15.00/hr
Median wage (all occupations)$32.03/hr

Gross hourly is 56% of local minimum wage, 26% of local median.

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See full source citations for this city on the sources page. Read about how each metric is computed in the methodology.

Primary earnings source: www.mass.gov/info-details/massachusetts-law-about-minimum-wage · archived