Massachusetts · 2025 pay · 49 people
How much does a grad student make in Massachusetts?
$4,318typical pay for a grad student in 2025
$2,500 – $5,528what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay fell 5.7% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Office of the Comptroller (CTHRU) · Matches the agency's latest release · macomptroller.org ↗
Where grad students work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Highest-paid grad students, 2025
- 1Kayla AlvaresGrad Student · University of Massachusetts System$10,843
- 2Manas VishalGrad Student · University of Massachusetts System$10,138
- 3Abhishek RavishankarGrad Student · University of Massachusetts System$9,960
- 4Kamran WalshGrad Student · University of Massachusetts System$8,978
- 5Gourav ShilGrad Student · University of Massachusetts System$8,822
Common questions
How much does a grad student make in Massachusetts?
The typical grad student was paid $4,318 in 2025; most earned between $2,500 and $5,528. This counts all 49 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for grad students in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Grad Student, at any level (for example "Grad Student"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this