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Title: Business Analyst hourly rate in Massachusetts | Deftridge
Summary: Business Analyst pay in Massachusetts: median wage $65 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $95. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024.

MA · United States · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Business Analyst hourly rate in Massachusetts

The market median wage for a Business Analyst in Massachusetts is **$65.13 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$95 an hour** on Deftridge, +27% against the United States rate.

**$95/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$65.13/hr** median wage

**$49-83** middle half of wages

**$2,060** a month at 5 hours a week

## Business Analyst wage percentiles in Massachusetts

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $39.23 | $850 | $81,600 |
| 25th | $49.12 | $1,060 | $102,200 |
| Median | $65.13 | $1,410 | $135,500 |
| 75th | $82.76 | $1,790 | $172,100 |
| 90th | $106.49 | $2,310 | $221,500 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 30,100 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Massachusetts in numbers

What sets Massachusetts apart for a Business Analyst, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+27%** median wage against the United States median of $51.32

- **2nd of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **30,100** people employed in the role in this place

- **$66.48** median wage in the Boston metro area, the highest here

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Business Analyst in Massachusetts by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Specialist | $80 | $1,730 |
| Senior | $95 | $2,060 |
| Manager | $115 | $2,490 |

- Regular role **$95**

- One-off task **$105**

- Task bundle **$100**

## Business Analyst pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Business Analyst, highest first; 5 of 51 places shown. By median wage Massachusetts ranks **2 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| District of Columbia | $65.26 | $95 |
| Massachusetts | $65.13 | $95 |
| Vermont | $60.23 | $85 |
| California | $59.89 | $85 |
| Washington | $59.14 | $85 |

## Metro areas in Massachusetts

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [Boston $66.48/hr median wage · range $50-84](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-analyst/massachusetts/)

- [Springfield $55.61/hr median wage · range $43-72](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-analyst/massachusetts/)

- [Worcester $53.12/hr median wage · range $40-72](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-analyst/massachusetts/)

- [Barnstable $50.85/hr median wage · range $41-75](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-analyst/massachusetts/)

- [Northampton $49.75/hr median wage · range $38-65](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-analyst/massachusetts/)

- [Pittsfield $48.65/hr median wage · range $39-73](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-analyst/massachusetts/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

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