Massachusetts · 2025 pay
How much do Massachusetts Commission for the Blind employees make?
$89,964typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$73,026 – $102,781what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.
Office of the Comptroller (CTHRU) publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.
Common jobs: Rehabilitation Counselor a/BRehabilitation Counselor CQuality Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor II
✓ Official data from Office of the Comptroller (CTHRU)Matches the agency's latest releasemacomptroller.org ↗
How is pay spread across workers?
A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.
$73,310
$90,303
$102,892
$176,144
Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers
Typical workerright in the middle
Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers
Highest paidone person
Regular payOvertimeExtra pay
Is pay going up?
Yes. Typical pay went from $66,022 in 2016 to $89,964 in 2025 (+36%).
What changed since 2024
- +7.8%Typical pay went up from $83,437 to $89,964.
- +4.4%Typical raise for the 138 people paid in both 2024 and 2025. About 14% got a raise of 10% or more.
- 11 new11 people were paid for the first time in 2025, and 15 people paid in 2024 were no longer on the payroll.
- +36%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $66,022 to $89,964, while the number of people paid went down from 172 to 149.
The agency updates it every pay period.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $88,291 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $2,011 |
| Total for the year | $90,303 |
Average of the 8 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitation Counselor a/B | 28 | $86,124 | $77k – $87k | ▲ 3.9% |
| Rehabilitation Counselor C | 20 | $90,103 | $71k – $95k | ▲ 8.3% |
| Quality Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor II | 15 | $97,536 | $93k – $100k | ▲ 9.6% |
| Social Worker Technician a/B | 11 | $72,572 | $71k – $73k | ▲ 3.4% |
| Rehabilitation Counselor D | 7 | $105,894 | $105k – $106k | ▲ 6.0% |
| Edp Systems Analyst III | 6 | $110,324 | $103k – $111k | ▲ 30.6% |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k1
- $10k – $30k6
- $30k – $50k7
- $50k – $70k12
- $70k – $90k49
- $90k – $110k52
- $110k – $150k21
- $150k or more1
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Massachusetts Commission for the Blind in 2025
- 1John OliveiraCommissioner$176,144▲ $13,100 vs 2024
- 2Justine MuirDeputy Commissioner$136,467▲ $81,467 vs 2024
- 3Alexander PoolerAdministrative Officer V$132,253▲ $4,529 vs 2024
- 4Thelma WilliamsChief of Staff$122,274▲ $4,645 vs 2024
- 5Richard FlintEdp Systems Analyst IV$121,882▲ $4,174 vs 2024
- 6Kevin LynchEdp Systems Analyst IV$121,882▲ $4,174 vs 2024
- 7Evan SilverAdministrative Officer IV$121,882▲ $4,174 vs 2024
- 8Sherraine DiazBudget Director$121,230▲ $99,115 vs 2024
- 9Nathan SkrockiDirector Policy Compl$120,087▲ $4,561 vs 2024
- 10Loran LangGen Counsel$116,471▲ $4,424 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Massachusetts Commission for the Blind employee make?
The typical employee was paid $89,964 in 2025: half of the 149 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $73,026 and $102,781.
Who counts as a full-year employee?
"Employed all year" means the person was on the state payroll the previous year, has no service end date during the year, and received at least 90% of their published annual rate as base pay.
Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?
No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (98.4% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (1.6%).
Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?
From Massachusetts Office of the Comptroller (macomptroller.org). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the agency updates it every pay period.
"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. "Employed all year" means the person was on the state payroll the previous year, has no service end date during the year, and received at least 90% of their published annual rate as base pay. Hire and end dates are used only to work this out; we don't store or publish them. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals