Money 2017

City Life

Boston’s 2017 Salary Survey

How We Did It: This information comes from the following sources: 1) Self-reported data from a Boston magazine online survey. 2) The most recently available […]

City Life

How Massachusetts’ Cost of Living Compares with National Averages

Expense: Healthcare, +6.5% What we pay vs. the national average: Massachusetts is the sixth-most-expensive state when it comes to employer-based health insurance, according to an […]

City Life

Boston’s Luxury Services—Worth the Splurge?

Luxury Gym Membership $120,000 (plus yearly fee) Sure, you can buy a three-figure monthly membership at Equinox, but the sky is truly the limit. At […]

City Life

Temi Ogunbodede | What My Boston Looks Like

Age: 31 Job: Research Finance Specialist Income: $50,000 Relationship Status: Single, no kids Lives in: Hyde Park “I live at home with my parents. I mostly […]

City Life

The Most Popular Jobs in Boston

1. Marketing Managers Median Salary: $133,178 Organizations are moving away from print marketing to refocus on digital strategies—and that’s where the jobs are. “Anybody who’s […]

City Life

Katrina Allen | What My Boston Looks Like

Age: 36 Job: Revenue Control Manager Household Income: $140,000 Relationship Status: Married, with four kids Lives in: Everett “If you look at it on paper, […]

City Life

Money Management 101 from Four Boston Experts

1. Rethink Your Portfolio Raj Sharma, head of the Sharma Group and managing director of Merrill Lynch’s private banking and investment group “What has worked […]

City Life

Chris Murphy | What My Boston Looks Like

Age: 56 Job: Consulting Actuary Income: $350,000 Relationship Status: Single, no kids Lives in: Theater District and Abington “I’m from Brockton originally, but about seven […]

City Life

Boston’s Billionaires Club

Michael Stern has the goods on the one percent. His vast repository of intel on Massachusetts’ millionaires and billionaires, called AffluenceIQ, is packed with everything […]

City Life

Four Famous Bostonians Who Are Rich…and Overpaid

1. Mark Wahlberg, Actor $30 million Marky Mark just hasn’t delivered at the box office lately, returning an average of $9.20 for every dollar his […]

City Life

Ember Flynne | What My Boston Looks Like

Age: 27 Job: Independent Circus Performer Income: $22,000 Relationship Status: Single, no kids Lives in: Brighton “I’m currently in Boston because there is an amazing […]