Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,618
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$8,322
17.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,641
Arkansas costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Arkansas — 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
$46,940
Kept after tax
$38,618
Worth in national money
$44,641
State rank
27
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Arkansas is 27 of 48 states for this job, with a middle wage of $46,940. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 257 among 489 occupations Arkansas publishes pay for.
- Here is where Arkansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $46,940 you keep $38,618, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $44,641 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $45,650, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Arkansas ranks 27 of 48 for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers at $46,940. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 257 of 489 in Arkansas places coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and 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 federal, FICA and Arkansas income tax, retained pay for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers on $46,940 is $38,618. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $44,641 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $45,650 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $50,610 |
| This salary | $46,940 |
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 Arkansas | $38,618 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,896 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,585 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $45,349 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,336 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers in Arkansas earn under $46,940 and half over. The published range runs $36,570 at the tenth percentile to $50,610 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $38,618 take-home in Arkansas comes from $46,940. 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 257 of 489.
- Two cautions on $44,641, the adjusted value of that $46,940 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Arkansas. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 257 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers in Arkansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,570 to $50,610; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $38,618, from $46,940, assumes a single Arkansas 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 257 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 27 of 48 for it.
- This $44,641 adjusted figure, worked from $46,940, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 257 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 257 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,570 at the tenth percentile, $50,610 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $44,641.
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 Arkansas adds its own income tax on top — which is why $38,618 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,570 to $50,610) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Arkansas rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Arkansas's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $44,641 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $38,618 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Arkansas 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.