Automotive Body and Related Repairers in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,183
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$12,117
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,591
Massachusetts costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Massachusetts — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$59,300
Kept after tax
$47,183
Worth in national money
$43,591
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Massachusetts's middle earner gets $59,300, putting the state 12 of 51 — about 8.03% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 302 among 485 occupations Massachusetts publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $59,300, tax leaves $47,183 — and because Massachusetts is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $43,591 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $59,290.
- For automotive body and related repairers, Massachusetts sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $59,300, ranking 12 of 51 and running about 8.03% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 302 of 485 in Massachusetts places automotive body and related repairers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After tax, $47,183 remains from the Massachusetts median of $59,300 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $43,591 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $59,290 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Automotive Body and Related Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,400 |
| This salary | $59,300 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Massachusetts | $47,183 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,828 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,685 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $56,008 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,294 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Massachusetts earn less than $59,300. The published range is $45,200 up to $77,400, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $47,183 take-home in Massachusetts comes from $59,300. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 302 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $43,591 uses one figure for the whole of Massachusetts. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 485 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 302.
- Reported values are medians; for automotive body and related repairers in Massachusetts the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $45,200 to $77,400. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $47,183, from $59,300, assumes a single Massachusetts filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 302 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $43,591, worked from $59,300, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Massachusetts address, on work sitting at 302 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $45,200 at the bottom tenth to $77,400 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Massachusetts costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $43,591 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Massachusetts adds its own income tax on top — which is why $47,183 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($45,200 to $77,400) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Massachusetts rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Massachusetts's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $43,591 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $47,183 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Massachusetts income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.