What are the main factors that influence a Development Worker's salary?

The primary factors are: 1) Experience Level, 2) Geographic Location, 3) Education/Skills, 4) Company Size & Industry

What are the highest paying states for a Development Worker?

Development Worker salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Development Worker roles are District of Columbia $40,585, California $40,431, Massachusetts $39,892. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Development Worker roles make?

Salaries for Development Worker level roles vary by specialization: Clinical Social Worker - BSW -Home Care: $77,000; Forest and Conservation Worker: $62,138; Museum Research Worker: $62,138; Community Development Worker: $56,500; Railroad Worker: $53,916.

Development Worker Salary in Massachusetts

How much does a Development Worker make in Massachusetts? As of September 01, 2026, the average salary for a Development Worker in Massachusetts is $39,892 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $19.

However, a Development Worker's salary can vary significantly. Here's a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $48,082
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $37,891 to $44,179
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $36,069

10% $36,069

50% (Median) $39,892

90% $48,082

Development Worker Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$44,179	$3,682	$850	$21
Average	$39,892	$3,324	$767	$19
25th Percentile	$37,891	$3,158	$729	$18

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Key Factors That Influence Development Worker Salaries

A Development Worker's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Do Development Worker Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Development Workers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $40,585.
California: $40,431.
Massachusetts: $39,892.

District of Columbia $40,585 California $40,431 Massachusetts $39,892 Washington $39,745 New Jersey $39,731 Alaska $39,679 Connecticut $39,173 New York $38,968

Hawaii $38,312 Rhode Island $38,004 Maryland $37,795 Minnesota $37,509 Colorado $37,399 Illinois $37,363 Oregon $37,223 Delaware $37,121

New Hampshire $37,056 Virginia $36,912 Pennsylvania $36,490 Nevada $36,278 North Dakota $36,208 Michigan $36,098 Wisconsin $36,058 Vermont $35,977

Texas $35,753 Maine $35,739 Arizona $35,717 Ohio $35,691 Georgia $35,354 Indiana $35,185 Wyoming $35,152 Utah $35,101

Iowa $35,079 Kansas $34,903 Louisiana $34,852 North Carolina $34,833 Missouri $34,826 Florida $34,683 Montana $34,606 Nebraska $34,533

Kentucky $34,493 South Carolina $34,346 Tennessee $34,254 Idaho $34,218 New Mexico $33,950 Oklahoma $33,891 Alabama $33,675 South Dakota $33,312

Arkansas $33,114 West Virginia $33,008 Mississippi $32,689

Top Paying Cities for Development Worker

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Agawam: $37,812
Amherst: $38,089
Barre: $38,469

Agawam, MA $37,812

Amherst, MA $38,089

Barre, MA $38,469

Belchertown, MA $38,053

Blandford, MA $37,982

Bondsville, MA $38,060

Brimfield, MA $38,266

Chester, MA $37,825

Chesterfield, MA $37,829

Chicopee, MA $37,808

Cummington, MA $37,727

Easthampton, MA $37,897

East Longmeadow, MA $37,835

East Otis, MA $37,989

Feeding Hills, MA $37,833

Gilbertville, MA $38,365

Goshen, MA $37,826

Granby, MA $37,907

Granville, MA $38,110

Hadley, MA $37,988

Hampden, MA $37,912

Hardwick, MA $38,386

Hatfield, MA $37,995

Haydenville, MA $37,948

Holyoke, MA $37,842

Huntington, MA $37,876

Leeds, MA $37,901

Leverett, MA $38,136

Ludlow, MA $37,877

Monson, MA $38,062

North Amherst, MA $38,063

Northampton, MA $37,927

Florence, MA $37,904

North Hatfield, MA $37,977

Oakham, MA $38,455

Palmer, MA $38,107

Plainfield, MA $37,715

Russell, MA $37,976

Shutesbury, MA $38,195

Southampton, MA $37,876

South Barre, MA $38,454

South Hadley, MA $37,886

Southwick, MA $37,968

Thorndike, MA $38,058

Three Rivers, MA $38,006

Wales, MA $38,232

Ware, MA $38,235

Warren, MA $38,296

West Chesterfield, MA $37,825

Westfield, MA $37,888

West Hatfield, MA $37,957

West Springfield, MA $37,810

West Warren, MA $38,240

Whately, MA $37,980

Wheelwright, MA $38,429

Wilbraham, MA $37,896

Williamsburg, MA $37,870

Woronoco, MA $37,938

Worthington, MA $37,747

Springfield, MA $37,806

Longmeadow, MA $37,819

Indian Orchard, MA $37,823

Pittsfield, MA $37,605

Adams, MA $37,565

Ashley Falls, MA $38,070

Becket, MA $37,710

Berkshire, MA $37,601

Cheshire, MA $37,590

Dalton, MA $37,605

Glendale, MA $37,617

Great Barrington, MA $37,859

Hinsdale, MA $37,634

Housatonic, MA $37,623

Lanesboro, MA $37,575

Lee, MA $37,644

Lenox, MA $37,597

Lenox Dale, MA $37,603

Middlefield, MA $37,665

Mill River, MA $37,977

Monterey, MA $37,852

North Adams, MA $37,546

North Egremont, MA $37,815

Otis, MA $37,886

Richmond, MA $37,564

Sandisfield, MA $38,080

Savoy, MA $37,634

Sheffield, MA $38,009

South Egremont, MA $37,935

Southfield, MA $38,099

South Lee, MA $37,677

Stockbridge, MA $37,598

Tyringham, MA $37,754

West Stockbridge, MA $37,572

Williamstown, MA $37,431

Windsor, MA $37,628

Greenfield, MA $38,037

Ashfield, MA $37,807

Athol, MA $38,486

Bernardston, MA $38,103

Buckland, MA $37,810

Charlemont, MA $37,734

Colrain, MA $37,966

Conway, MA $37,940

Deerfield, MA $38,028

Drury, MA $37,657

Erving, MA $38,237

Heath, MA $37,780

Lake Pleasant, MA $38,162

Millers Falls, MA $38,196

Monroe Bridge, MA $37,600

Montague, MA $38,146

Gill, MA $38,167

New Salem, MA $38,302

Northfield, MA $38,193

Orange, MA $38,357

Petersham, MA $38,460

Rowe, MA $37,676

Royalston, MA $38,385

Shelburne Falls, MA $37,923

South Deerfield, MA $38,006

Sunderland, MA $38,099

Turners Falls, MA $38,142

Warwick, MA $38,213

Wendell, MA $38,249

Wendell Depot, MA $38,262

Fitchburg, MA $38,749

Ashburnham, MA $38,630

Ashby, MA $38,739

Ayer, MA $39,084

Devens, MA $38,996

Baldwinville, MA $38,521

East Templeton, MA $38,562

Gardner, MA $38,605

Westminster, MA $38,608

Groton, MA $39,115

Harvard, MA $39,041

Hubbardston, MA $38,569

Leominster, MA $38,757

Littleton, MA $39,180

Lunenburg, MA $38,880

Pepperell, MA $39,108

Shirley, MA $38,991

Still River, MA $38,945

Templeton, MA $38,561

Townsend, MA $38,965

West Groton, MA $39,043

West Townsend, MA $38,875

Winchendon, MA $38,493

Winchendon Springs, MA $38,528

Auburn, MA $38,411

North Dartmouth, MA $38,639

South Dartmouth, MA $38,641

North Attleboro, MA $38,448

Plainville, MA $38,713

Attleboro Falls, MA $38,503

North Dighton, MA $38,587

Norton, MA $39,105

Raynham, MA $39,313

Raynham Center, MA $39,273

Rehoboth, MA $38,193

Rochester, MA $38,732

Seekonk, MA $38,017

Swansea, MA $38,263

Berkley, MA $38,771

Taunton, MA $39,001

Westport, MA $38,626

Westport Point, MA $38,622

Berlin, MA $38,686

Cataumet, MA $38,817

Blackstone, MA $38,536

Boylston, MA $38,475

Brookfield, MA $38,393

Charlton, MA $38,441

Charlton City, MA $38,443

Charlton Depot, MA $38,443

Clinton, MA $38,635

East Brookfield, MA $38,425

Douglas, MA $38,491

East Princeton, MA $38,570

Fiskdale, MA $38,377

Grafton, MA $38,455

Holden, MA $38,419

Holland, MA $38,314

Jefferson, MA $38,452

Lancaster, MA $38,819

Leicester, MA $38,414

Linwood, MA $38,552

Manchaug, MA $38,462

Millbury, MA $38,414

Millville, MA $38,510

New Braintree, MA $38,415

Northborough, MA $38,533

Northbridge, MA $38,540

North Brookfield, MA $38,427

North Grafton, MA $38,432

North Oxford, MA $38,429

North Uxbridge, MA $38,518

Oxford, MA $38,448

Princeton, MA $38,565

Rochdale, MA $38,417

Rutland, MA $38,475

Shrewsbury, MA $38,419

Southbridge, MA $38,433

South Grafton, MA $38,479

South Lancaster, MA $38,727

Spencer, MA $38,427

Sterling, MA $38,614

Sturbridge, MA $38,406

Upton, MA $38,586

Uxbridge, MA $38,530

Webster, MA $38,477

Dudley, MA $38,464

Westborough, MA $38,564

West Boylston, MA $38,459

West Brookfield, MA $38,352

West Millbury, MA $38,418

Whitinsville, MA $38,528

Sutton, MA $38,458

Worcester, MA $38,404

East Walpole, MA $39,606

Cherry Valley, MA $38,408

Paxton, MA $38,421

Framingham, MA $39,299

Village Of Nagog Woods, MA $39,235

Boxborough, MA $39,110

Acton, MA $39,234

Ashland, MA $39,060

Bedford, MA $39,396

Hanscom Afb, MA $39,611

Bolton, MA $38,887

Carlisle, MA $39,274

Concord, MA $39,373

Fayville, MA $38,988

Holliston, MA $39,050

Hopedale, MA $38,724

Hopkinton, MA $38,770

Hudson, MA $38,943

Marlborough, MA $38,879

Maynard, MA $39,221

Mendon, MA $38,654

Milford, MA $38,787

Natick, MA $39,782

Sherborn, MA $39,510

Southborough, MA $38,875

Foxboro, MA $39,292

Franklin, MA $38,872

Greenbush, MA $39,670

Green Harbor, MA $39,456

Hingham, MA $39,930

Hull, MA $40,332

Humarock, MA $39,506

Mansfield, MA $39,233

Marshfield, MA $39,477

Marshfield Hills, MA $39,543

Medfield, MA $39,588

Medway, MA $39,043

Millis, MA $39,334

Minot, MA $39,670

Norfolk, MA $39,219

North Marshfield, MA $39,456

North Scituate, MA $39,738

Norwell, MA $39,631

Norwood, MA $39,832

Ocean Bluff, MA $39,456

Scituate, MA $39,709

Sharon, MA $39,502

Sheldonville, MA $38,880

South Walpole, MA $39,359

Stoughton, MA $39,533

Walpole, MA $39,512

Westwood, MA $40,064

Wrentham, MA $38,873

Boston, MA $40,731

Roxbury, MA $40,728

Roxbury Crossing, MA $40,729

Dorchester, MA $40,717

Dorchester Center, MA $40,688

Mattapan, MA $40,663

Charlestown, MA $40,726

Jamaica Plain, MA $40,711

Roslindale, MA $40,655

West Roxbury, MA $40,596

Allston, MA $40,719

Brighton, MA $40,699

Hyde Park, MA $40,532

Readville, MA $40,508

Cambridge, MA $40,704

Somerville, MA $40,723

Malden, MA $40,643

Everett, MA $40,700

Chelsea, MA $40,704

Revere, MA $40,641

Winthrop, MA $40,677

Medford, MA $40,661

West Medford, MA $40,628

Quincy, MA $40,397

Melrose, MA $40,515

Stoneham, MA $40,328

Braintree, MA $39,971

Milton, MA $40,460

Milton Village, MA $40,592

Weymouth, MA $39,916

East Weymouth, MA $39,961

South Weymouth, MA $39,632

North Weymouth, MA $40,306

East Boston, MA $40,731

Brockton, MA $39,514

Avon, MA $39,532

Bridgewater, MA $39,426

Bryantville, MA $39,455

Carver, MA $39,051

Duxbury, MA $39,348

East Bridgewater, MA $39,500

Easton, MA $39,507

Elmwood, MA $39,483

Halifax, MA $39,419

Hanover, MA $39,548

Hanson, MA $39,474

Holbrook, MA $39,549

Middleboro, MA $39,002

Manomet, MA $39,117

Lakeville, MA $38,886

Monponsett, MA $39,432

Abington, MA $39,534

North Carver, MA $39,163

North Easton, MA $39,514

North Pembroke, MA $39,484

Pembroke, MA $39,467

Plymouth, MA $39,065

Kingston, MA $39,313

South Carver, MA $39,000

Plympton, MA $39,297

Randolph, MA $39,692

Rockland, MA $39,552

South Easton, MA $39,484

West Bridgewater, MA $39,512

White Horse Beach, MA $39,140

Whitman, MA $39,519

Lexington, MA $40,010

Brookline, MA $40,711

Brookline Village, MA $40,717

Waltham, MA $40,255

North Waltham, MA $40,479

New Town, MA $40,606

Babson Park, MA $40,245

Newton, MA $40,638

Newton Center, MA $40,611

Newtonville, MA $40,584

Newton Highlands, MA $40,575

Newton Lower Falls, MA $40,392

Newton Upper Falls, MA $40,529

West Newton, MA $40,518

Auburndale, MA $40,438

Chestnut Hill, MA $40,684

Waban, MA $40,501

Watertown, MA $40,673

Arlington, MA $40,572

Arlington Heights, MA $40,552

Belmont, MA $40,599

Waverley, MA $40,637

Wellesley Hills, MA $40,244

Wellesley, MA $40,100

Needham, MA $40,322

Weston, MA $40,080

Needham Heights, MA $40,463

Nonantum, MA $40,606

Buzzards Bay, MA $38,911

Lincoln, MA $39,768

Stow, MA $39,084

Sudbury, MA $39,400

Wayland, MA $39,733

Woodville, MA $38,740

Woburn, MA $39,967

Burlington, MA $39,601

Andover, MA $38,802

Billerica, MA $39,269

Chelmsford, MA $39,296

Dracut, MA $39,228

Dunstable, MA $39,211

Haverhill, MA $38,765

Georgetown, MA $38,828

Groveland, MA $38,790

Lawrence, MA $38,719

Methuen, MA $38,726

North Andover, MA $38,765

Lowell, MA $39,301

Merrimac, MA $38,746

North Billerica, MA $39,286

North Chelmsford, MA $39,291

North Reading, MA $39,150

Nutting Lake, MA $39,288

Pinehurst, MA $39,332

Reading, MA $39,531

Tewksbury, MA $39,151

Tyngsboro, MA $39,250

Wakefield, MA $40,016

West Boxford, MA $38,836

Westford, MA $39,252

Wilmington, MA $39,185

Winchester, MA $40,409

Lynn, MA $40,358

Saugus, MA $40,409

Swampscott, MA $40,163

Nahant, MA $40,478

Amesbury, MA $38,724

Beverly, MA $39,448

Boxford, MA $38,820

Byfield, MA $38,854

Danvers, MA $39,371

Essex, MA $39,144

Gloucester, MA $39,187

Hamilton, MA $39,220

Hathorne, MA $39,239

Chilmark, MA $38,764

East Falmouth, MA $38,835

East Sandwich, MA $39,000

East Wareham, MA $38,902

Edgartown, MA $38,885

Falmouth, MA $38,781

Woods Hole, MA $38,703

Menemsha, MA $38,778

Monument Beach, MA $38,844

Nantucket, MA $39,107

North Falmouth, MA $38,794

Oak Bluffs, MA $38,846

Onset, MA $38,854

Pocasset, MA $38,830

Sagamore, MA $38,966

Sagamore Beach, MA $38,985

Sandwich, MA $38,971

Siasconset, MA $39,067

Silver Beach, MA $38,777

Vineyard Haven, MA $38,807

Wareham, MA $38,822

West Chop, MA $38,818

West Falmouth, MA $38,770

West Tisbury, MA $38,797

West Wareham, MA $38,805

Hyannis, MA $39,136

Barnstable, MA $39,050

Brewster, MA $39,104

Centerville, MA $39,037

Chatham, MA $39,131

Cotuit, MA $38,958

Ipswich, MA $39,005

Cummaquid, MA $39,062

Lynnfield, MA $39,670

Manchester, MA $39,382

Marblehead, MA $39,846

Middleton, MA $39,067

Newburyport, MA $38,777

Newbury, MA $38,848

Salisbury, MA $38,695

Peabody, MA $39,729

Prides Crossing, MA $39,472

Rockport, MA $39,108

Rowley, MA $38,914

Salem, MA $39,716

South Hamilton, MA $39,157

Topsfield, MA $39,032

Wenham, MA $39,254

West Newbury, MA $38,790

Accord, MA $39,658

Bellingham, MA $38,713

Brant Rock, MA $39,377

Canton, MA $39,717

Cohasset, MA $39,923

Dedham, MA $40,395

Dover, MA $39,894

East Mansfield, MA $39,388

Dennis, MA $39,095

Dennis Port, MA $39,172

East Dennis, MA $39,066

Eastham, MA $39,051

East Orleans, MA $38,906

Forestdale, MA $38,919

Harwich, MA $39,137

Harwich Port, MA $39,155

Hyannis Port, MA $39,063

Marstons Mills, MA $38,993

Mashpee, MA $38,908

North Chatham, MA $39,123

North Eastham, MA $39,051

North Truro, MA $38,982

Orleans, MA $39,085

Osterville, MA $38,998

Provincetown, MA $39,042

South Chatham, MA $39,140

South Dennis, MA $39,139

South Harwich, MA $39,145

South Orleans, MA $39,098

South Wellfleet, MA $38,969

South Yarmouth, MA $39,161

Truro, MA $38,953

Wellfleet, MA $38,999

West Barnstable, MA $39,044

West Chatham, MA $39,136

West Dennis, MA $39,146

West Harwich, MA $39,156

West Hyannisport, MA $39,087

West Yarmouth, MA $39,130

Yarmouth Port, MA $39,111

Assonet, MA $38,675

Attleboro, MA $38,330

Chartley, MA $39,140

Cuttyhunk, MA $38,685

Dartmouth, MA $38,639

Dighton, MA $38,460

East Freetown, MA $38,682

East Taunton, MA $38,974

Fairhaven, MA $38,640

Fall River, MA $38,573

Somerset, MA $38,385

Marion, MA $38,724

Mattapoisett, MA $38,660

New Bedford, MA $38,638

Acushnet, MA $38,651

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$37,891

Average $39,892/year

$44,179

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Average $3,324/month

$3,682

$729

Average $767/week

$850

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	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$44,179	$3,682	$850	$21
Average	$39,892	$3,324	$767	$19
25th Percentile	$37,891	$3,158	$729	$18

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