Pick 617 or 857 if the number is for Boston, Cambridge or Quincy.
617 is an original code of 1947, and 857 was laid over it in 2001.
Massachusetts has nine area codes: 413, 617, 508, 781, 978, 339, 351, 774 and 857.
Area codes in Massachusetts
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617 and 857 are Boston, 413 is Springfield and western Massachusetts, 508 and 774 cover Worcester and Cape Cod, and 781 and 339 cover Waltham and Lynn. 978 and 351 cover Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill.
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Massachusetts has nine area codes.
In the order they opened.
- 413Since 1947Springfield and western Massachusetts
82 FCC complaints
Get a 413 number - 617Since 1947Boston
132 FCC complaints
Get a 617 number - 508Since 1988Worcester, Framingham, Brockton and Cape Cod
236 FCC complaints
Get a 508 number - 781Since 1997Waltham, Lynn and the communities around Boston
150 FCC complaints
Get a 781 number - 978Since 1997Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill
222 FCC complaints
Get a 978 number - 339Since 2001Waltham, Lynn and the communities around Boston
21 FCC complaints
Get a 339 number - 351Since 2001Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill
36 FCC complaints
Get a 351 number - 774Since 2001Worcester, Framingham, Brockton and Cape Cod
125 FCC complaints
Get a 774 number - 857Since 2001Boston, Cambridge and Quincy
151 FCC complaints
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The newest area codes in Massachusetts are 339, 351, 774 and 857.
They opened on May 2, 2001, each laid over an older code: 339 over 781, 351 over 978, 774 over 508 and 857 over 617.
Pick 617 for Boston, 508 for Worcester, 978 for Lowell or 413 for Springfield.
Pick 781 or 339 for Waltham, Lynn or the towns around Boston.
781 was split from 617 in 1997, and 339 was laid over it in 2001.
Pick 508 or 774 for Worcester, Framingham or Brockton.
508 was split from 617 in 1988 and reaches Plymouth and Fall River, and 774 was laid over it in 2001.
People filed 1,155 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Massachusetts area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 1,155 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with one of the Massachusetts codes. 508 was named most, on 236 of them (20%).
- 1,155unwanted-call complaints named a Massachusetts code
- 508was named on the most of them, 236
- 20%of the Massachusetts complaints named 508
Massachusetts codes
How many complaints named a caller ID that starts with each Massachusetts code.
- 1508Worcester, Framingham, Brockton and Cape Cod236
- 2978Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill222
- 3857Boston, Cambridge and Quincy151
- 4781Waltham, Lynn and the communities around Boston150
- 5617Boston132
- 6774Worcester, Framingham, Brockton and Cape Cod125
- 7413Springfield and western Massachusetts82
- 8351Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill36
- 9339Waltham, Lynn and the communities around Boston21
Source: Federal Communications Commission, CGB - Consumer Complaints Data (dataset 3xyp-aqkj), issue "Unwanted Calls", read on November 4, 2026. Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
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508 and 774 cover Cape Cod, along with Worcester, Framingham and Brockton.
413, which covers Springfield, Chicopee, Pittsfield, Amherst and Westfield. It has no second code laid over it.
Massachusetts has nine area codes in service, by the numbering administrator's report of October 23, 2026: 413, 617, 508, 781, 978, 339, 351, 774 and 857. They are listed in the order they opened, from 1947 to 2001.
The newest area codes in Massachusetts are 339, 351, 774 and 857, all in service since 2001. They opened on May 2, 2001, each laid over an older code: 339 over 781, 351 over 978, 774 over 508 and 857 over 617.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people filed 1,155 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Massachusetts code. The five named most were 508 (236), 978 (222), 857 (151), 781 (150) and 617 (132). A complaint is one person's report. Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
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The codes, the places and the years are rows of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator's area code database (its report of October 23, 2026), and the complaints are the FCC's own.
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