Boston · United States
Mechanical Engineer salary in Boston
The median salary in Mechanical Engineer job ads in Boston, United States is $152,125 a year (about $12,677 a month before tax). The middle half of those ads list $118,269 to $169,375, based on 10 salaries from 7 employers, updated 11 Nov 2026.
Official benchmark · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mechanical Engineers: official pay in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025
In the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, mechanical engineers (SOC 17-2141) earned a median $119,300 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 10 job ads for Boston jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $152,125.
- 10th percentile
- $80,280
- 25th percentile
- $97,660
- Median
- $119,300
- 75th percentile
- $140,870
- 90th percentile
- $166,900
Jobiba's job-ad median is 28% above the BLS median. The two figures measure different things. Jobiba's counts only job ads that state pay, so it reflects the employers that publish pay ranges; the largest in this sample are Standard Bots and Merlin Labs. BLS surveys employers of every size and industry and covers every worker in the occupation, not only open jobs.
Occupation: Mechanical Engineers (SOC 17-2141) · 6,890 jobs · per year, before tax. Annual wages of all wage and salary workers in the occupation in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan statistical area, all industries and employer sizes (self-employed excluded) — not only jobs that are advertised. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (metropolitan area data) (public domain), retrieved 1 Nov 2026.
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- Median in job ads
- $152,125
- a year
- Salaries
- 10
- from 7 employers
- Last updated
- 11 Nov 2026
- 12-month window to 11 Nov 2026
Salary range
Where pay sits in Boston
- 10th percentile
- $108,464
- 25th percentile
- $118,269
- Median
- $152,125
- 75th percentile
- $169,375
- 90th percentile
- $176,500
10 salaries · 16 live local jobs. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Compared with the United States median of 346 salaries: down −1.9%
Based on 10 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 11 Nov 2026
Pay listed by employers
Latest Mechanical Engineer jobs that show their pay in Boston
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- Mechanical Engineer (On-site)Standard Bots · Mid level · posted 7 Nov 2026$95,000 – $125,000
- Senior Mechanical Engineer (On-site)Standard Bots · Entry level · posted 7 Nov 2026$150,000 – $195,000
- Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer (On-site)Standard Bots · Entry level · posted 7 Nov 2026$160,000 – $220,000
- Mechanical EngineerMerlin Labs · Senior level · posted 7 Nov 2026$115,000 – $150,000
- Senior Mechanical EngineerMerlin Labs · Senior level · posted 7 Nov 2026$150,000 – $200,000
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
10 salaries from 7 employers, posted between 11 Nov 2025 and 11 Nov 2026. Last updated 11 Nov 2026. Every figure on this page comes from this one group of salaries; the median is the middle value, not the average.
- Employer hiring-system feeds 100%
Frequently asked questions
Mechanical Engineer salary in Boston: common questions
What is the average Mechanical Engineer salary in Boston in 2026?
In the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, mechanical engineers (SOC 17-2141) earned a median $119,300 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 10 job ads for Boston jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $152,125. The middle half of those job ads pay between $118,269 and $169,375 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
Why is Mechanical Engineer pay in job ads different from the BLS figure?
Jobiba's job-ad median is 28% above the BLS median. The two figures measure different things. Jobiba's counts only job ads that state pay, so it reflects the employers that publish pay ranges; the largest in this sample are Standard Bots and Merlin Labs. BLS surveys employers of every size and industry and covers every worker in the occupation, not only open jobs.
How does Mechanical Engineer pay in Boston compare with the United States median?
The Mechanical Engineer median in Boston is -1.9% versus the United States median for the same role on Jobiba.
How does Jobiba calculate Mechanical Engineer salary in Boston?
From 10 salary-listed Jobiba job postings from the last 12 months that state an explicit salary, currency and pay period. Hourly, daily and monthly pay is converted to an annual figure, implausible values and outliers are removed, and currencies are never mixed or converted. Jobiba publishes the median and 25th–75th percentile range only when enough comparable postings exist.