# Counties in Massachusetts by wages and salaries paid, 2024

All 14 values come from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `wages_and_salaries`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/massachusetts-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Middlesex County | 112,450.5 |
| 2 | Suffolk County | 100,697.2 |
| 3 | Norfolk County | 31,703.6 |
| 4 | Worcester County | 26,981.4 |
| 5 | Essex County | 26,082.4 |
| 6 | Bristol County | 15,744.1 |
| 7 | Plymouth County | 14,730.2 |
| 8 | Hampden County | 13,649.2 |
| 9 | Barnstable County | 6,757.3 |
| 10 | Hampshire County | 4,382.4 |
| 11 | Berkshire County | 3,878.8 |
| 12 | Franklin County | 1,451.4 |
| 13 | Nantucket County | 725.7 |
| 14 | Dukes County | 698.4 |