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Average Annual Wage

Rate	Town	Avg. Wage	Population
1	Hopkinton	$ 59,024	10,805
2	Maynard	$ 53,914	10,412
3	Stow	$ 53,338	5,731
4	Littleton	$ 51,019	7,695
5	Boxborough	$ 50,527	3,979
6	Southborough	$ 50,489	7,388
7	Lexington	$ 48,660	29,484
8	Andover	$ 48,404	30,891
9	Westborough	$ 47,606	15,005
10	Waltham	$ 47,392	57,214
11	Bedford	$ 47,143	13,676
12	Burlington	$ 46,469	23,493
13	Westford	$ 45,587	18,642
14	Weston	$ 45,327	10,448
15	Boston	$ 45,204	558,394
16	Cambridge	$ 45,199	93,707
17	Billerica	$ 45,112	38,861
18	Wilmington	$ 44,892	19,874
19	Wellesley	$ 44,850	26,809
20	Needham	$ 44,430	27,828
21	Westwood	$ 42,380	12,935
22	Hudson	$ 42,071	17,695
23	Lincoln	$ 41,891	7,899
24	Norwood	$ 41,586	28,899
25	Tewksbury	$ 41,158	28,644
26	Marlborough	$ 41,144	32,974
27	Chelmsford	$ 40,560	33,484
28	Mansfield	$ 40,252	18,806
29	North_Andover	$ 40,245	24,283
30	Acton	$ 40,129	18,851
31	Concord	$ 40,117	17,792
32	Wakefield	$ 40,098	24,756
33	Sudbury	$ 39,961	15,130
34	Bolton	$ 39,741	3,279
35	Canton	$ 39,523	20,314
36	Holliston	$ 39,309	13,381
37	Framingham	$ 39,170	64,536
38	Foxborough	$ 39,150	16,011
39	Newton	$ 36,925	80,238
40	Carlisle	$ 36,646	4,599
41	Medfield	$ 36,505	11,467
42	Everett	$ 36,159	35,006
43	Wenham	$ 35,718	4,423
44	Reading	$ 35,714	22,956
45	Natick	$ 35,299	31,310
46	Hingham	$ 35,210	20,265
47	Avon	$ 35,137	4,611
48	Woburn	$ 35,126	36,628
49	Shrewsbury	$ 35,052	26,771
50	Quincy	$ 35,044	85,532
51	Norwell	$ 34,941	9,652
52	North_Reading	$ 34,920	12,919
53	Groveland	$ 34,748	5,610
54	Sharon	$ 34,006	16,684
55	Northborough	$ 33,871	12,801
56	Rockland	$ 33,663	17,236
57	Watertown	$ 33,651	32,490
58	Randolph	$ 33,535	30,554
59	Stoughton	$ 33,418	27,481
60	Middleton	$ 33,328	5,624
61	Dedham	$ 33,273	23,741
62	Medford	$ 33,158	56,190
63	Franklin	$ 33,068	26,664
64	Lynn	$ 33,055	80,563
65	Lynnfield	$ 32,992	11,232
66	Beverly	$ 32,680	38,596
67	Topsfield	$ 32,495	6,098
68	Norfolk	$ 32,373	10,389
69	Braintree	$ 31,929	34,708
70	Milford	$ 31,818	25,194
71	Chelsea	$ 31,699	27,608
72	Danvers	$ 31,416	24,467
73	Middleborough	$ 31,156	19,200
74	Salem	$ 31,112	38,008
75	Norton	$ 31,069	15,659
76	Holbrook	$ 31,012	11,092
77	Winchester	$ 30,798	20,318
78	Stoneham	$ 30,775	22,131
79	Peabody	$ 30,774	48,365
80	Belmont	$ 30,765	24,044
81	Lowell	$ 30,628	100,973
82	Georgetown	$ 30,423	7,054
83	Bridgewater	$ 30,413	23,692
84	Arlington	$ 30,357	43,656
85	Wayland	$ 30,336	12,041
86	Duxbury	$ 30,310	15,007
87	Ashland	$ 30,219	12,940
88	Ipswich	$ 29,967	12,352
89	Medway	$ 29,957	11,391
90	Plymouth	$ 29,894	48,329
91	Walpole	$ 29,886	22,251
92	Brockton	$ 29,855	92,324
93	Gloucester	$ 29,846	29,267
94	Brookline	$ 29,786	54,137
95	Amesbury	$ 29,482	15,784
96	Melrose	$ 29,261	27,426
97	Wrentham	$ 29,098	10,049
98	Newburyport	$ 29,082	16,558
99	Winthrop	$ 28,934	17,305
100	West_Bridgewater	$ 28,931	6,647
101	Cohasset	$ 28,895	7,070
102	Easton	$ 28,848	20,970
103	Weymouth	$ 28,697	54,847
104	Lawrence	$ 28,603	68,807
105	Milton	$ 28,587	25,794
106	Marblehead	$ 28,274	19,973
107	Methuen	$ 28,050	41,029
108	Sherborn	$ 27,937	4,107
109	Haverhill	$ 27,910	53,952
110	East_Bridgewater	$ 27,505	12,133
111	Hanover	$ 27,445	12,891
112	Marshfield	$ 27,244	22,911
113	Dover	$ 27,229	5,383
114	Salisbury	$ 27,228	7,093
115	West_Newbury	$ 27,174	3,871
116	Malden	$ 27,102	52,749
117	Millis	$ 26,906	7,965
118	Merrimac	$ 26,609	5,670
119	Whitman	$ 26,326	13,743
120	Lakeville	$ 26,064	8,596
121	ManchesterbytheSea	$ 25,933	5,357
122	Somerville	$ 25,686	74,356
123	Dracut	$ 25,663	27,769
124	Hamilton	$ 25,645	7,487
125	Raynham	$ 25,486	10,513
126	Newbury	$ 25,380	5,985
127	Rowley	$ 24,864	5,196
128	Boxford	$ 24,600	8,550
129	Essex	$ 24,588	3,368
130	Scituate	$ 24,581	17,242
131	Pembroke	$ 24,534	16,010
132	Abington	$ 24,048	14,683
133	Plympton	$ 23,587	2,614
134	Swampscott	$ 23,470	13,676
135	Berlin	$ 23,254	2,332
136	Hanson	$ 23,209	9,512
137	Revere	$ 23,197	41,761
138	Carver	$ 22,787	11,289
139	Nahant	$ 22,504	3,782
140	Hull	$ 21,428	10,472
141	Rockport	$ 21,185	7,580
142	Kingston	$ 21,069	10,447
143	Saugus	$ 20,093	26,223
144	Halifax	$ 18,332	6,844


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