Life @ UMass
Why Worcester?
A vibrant and historic city, and a hub for higher education and innovation, Worcester has much to offer UMass Medical School students, faculty, and staff.
- 14 Reasons To Drop Everything And Move To This One Massachusetts City
- Discover Central Massachusetts
- No.18 for best places to live to earn a high salary (Business Insider)
- One of the Nation’s Top 10 Up-and-Coming Tech Startup Hubs (Axios, 2017)
- Five-time recipient of the All-American City Award
- Top Third Most Educated Cities (WalletHub, 2017)
- No. 10 for Best City to Raise a Family (Forbes) and a Top 10 Best Cities for Families (Parenting)
- Explore demographics, education, employment, income, and other trends in the latest Worcester Census Report.
- Ranked by 2018 US News and World Report as Best Place to Live
Worcester, Mass., Is The New 'It' Town
Heard on Morning Edition
Over the past couple of decades, booming cities have forced people to move to smaller cities nearby. Think San Francisco and Oakland, Calif., or New York and Hoboken, N.J. That kind of boom is happening now in Boston. An hour away, New England's second-largest city, Worcester, is booming... Read More
Salary and Benefits
| PGY | FY18 Rounded | Payroll Year Annual | FY18 Bi-Weekly |
| 1 | $57,976 | $57,976.10 | $2,229.85 |
| 2 | $60,151 | $60,151.00 | $2,313.50 |
| 3 | $63,100 | $63,099.92 | $2,426.92 |
| 4 | $65,694 | $65,694.20 | $2,526.70 |
| 5 | $68,235 | $68,235.18 | $2,624.43 |
| 6 | $70,283 | $70,283.20 | $2,703.20 |
| 7 | $73,865 | $73,865.48 | $2,840.98 |
| 8 | $76,082 | $76,081.72 | $2,926.22 |
Benefits Guide and Stipend Information For Residents and Fellows
