Money 2017: Who Makes What in Boston and Beyond

From Tom Brady to acrobats to titans of tech, this is what Boston earns. How does your paycheck stack up?


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Real estate. The weather. Your kids’ chickenpox. All are acceptable cocktail-party conversation topics. But in this buttoned-up city, talking about money is still taboo. Yet you want to know if you’re keeping up with the Joneses…don’t you? In that spirit, we did the asking for you to create our shamelessly voyeuristic survey of what Bostonians earn and what it costs to live the good life now. Edited by Brittany Jasnoff


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My Boston: Ember Flynne

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