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Amherst Town, MA
$1,956after tax and rent
Photo: Ktr101 / Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
On a $83,730 household paycheck in Amherst Town.
Modelled metro
So you know: homicide deaths in Amherst Town are under the US rate in this release, 1 versus 6.5 per 100,000. CDC via County Health Rankings, CDC NVSS 2017–2023 (CHR 2025 release).
Move Score
65
Each row is 0–100. The Move Score is their weighted average, rounded, and it stops at 99. Rent is only in Housing. Jobs is off when the paycheck is the same in every city. Schools is off when there are no kids.
The 6 rows that are on. Their weighted average is 64.7, and that is the score, rounded, up to 99. Rows that are off stay out. The percent on each row is its weight. Tap a row to see what it measures. How the score is weighted
Example household
Example: $83,730, same pay in every city · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
These figures are projections built from available public data. Conditions change, and the numbers may not reflect current prices, taxes, or immigration rules. Check official sources before you make decisions.
After tax and rent
$1,956
Home city
Not picked
Salary
$83,730
Same everywhere
Top things to do in Amherst Town
More in Amherst Town
Photo: Daderot / Wikimedia, Public domain Emily Dickinson Museum
Historic house museum
Photo: Ktr101 / Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 Apiary Laboratory
Building at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, US
Photo: John Phelan / Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0 J. A. Skinner State Park
Park in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Photo: Quintin Soloviev / Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0 Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
Venue in Amherst, Massachusetts
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author / Wikimedia, Public domain Mountain Park
Defunct amusement park
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain Mount Tom Ski Area
Abandoned ski resort in Holyoke, Massachusetts
Stats
- Rent
- $1,730
- 2 bd median
- Take-home
- $5,314
- Per month
- Tax
- 24%
- Of pay
- Prices
- At US
- Besides rent
Next
$1,956 / mo
The month
One earner. 1 bd.
See full breakdown
- Taxes$1,664
- Rent$1,453
- Other$1,905
- Left$1,956
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $83,730
- Federal income tax
- −$9,591
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,405
- State income tax (MA)
- −$3,967
- Take-home pay
- $63,768
- Effective tax rate
- 23.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,453
- Groceries
- $400
- Getting around
- $455
- Healthcare
- $450
- Utilities and internet
- $250
- Everything else
- $350
- Total spending
- $3,358
After tax and rent
$1,956 left/mo
Working remotely
If the paycheck stays the same
One adult, one bedroom, $120,000 held flat in every city. That leaves $3,931 a month here after tax and rent. One-bedroom rent in that math is $1,453.
- Work from home
- 16.6% of workers
- ACS 2024 1-year
- Home internet
- 81.2% of households
- Cable, fiber optic, or DSL
- Paid to move, remote job
- No open remote grant on this metro
Worked-from-home share is from ACS 2024 1-year. Internet is households with cable, fiber optic, or DSL, from ACS 2023 5-year.
The place
24 min commute. One car.
- Weather
- Not shown for this metro.
- Getting around
- One car
- Average commute
- 24 minutes each way
- Size
- 157k people
- Buying instead
- Median home $363,400. About $2,760/mo with 20% down.
- Taxes
- Massachusetts income tax is a flat 5.00%. Sales tax 6.3%, property tax 1.47%.
Schools
- Students
- 16,544
- Pupils per teacher
- 10.6
- Districts
- 22
- Northampton2,496 students
- Belchertown2,043 students
- South Hadley1,620 students
- Easthampton1,368 students
- Amherst-Pelham1,182 students
NCES 2024-2025. The district count is every public district in the metro. The names are the largest 5.
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Take-home by job in Amherst Town
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer
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Questions
How is take-home pay in Amherst Town calculated?
Amherst Town is in Massachusetts, which taxes wage income. Take-home is a local salary minus federal tax, payroll tax, and that state tax. Leftover is what remains after rent and bills.
What does rent cost in Amherst Town?
About $1,453 for a one-bedroom and $1,730 for a two-bedroom in Amherst Town, MA. Amherst Town averages 185 sunny days, a July high of 83°F, and a 24-minute commute.
How do I compare Amherst Town with another city?
Put Amherst Town next to another city on the same job and household. The gap is the tax bill and the rent.
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