Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,392
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$11,648
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,138
Minnesota costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Minnesota — 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
$58,040
Kept after tax
$46,392
Worth in national money
$47,138
State rank
20
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Minnesota pays this job around $58,040 at the midpoint, 20 of 47 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Minnesota, this sits in the middle: 303 of 490 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $58,040, tax leaves $46,392, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $47,138 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $56,330.
- For farm equipment mechanics and service technicians the Minnesota median is $58,040, ranking 20 of 47 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Farm equipment mechanics and service technicians ranks 303 of 490 occupations in Minnesota by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians — median $58,040 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $46,392 retained, $47,138 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $56,330 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,810 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,950 |
| This salary | $58,040 |
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 Minnesota | $46,392 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,815 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,096 |
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 | $55,024 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,745 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
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 farm equipment mechanics and service technicians in Minnesota earn under $58,040 and half over. The published range runs $37,810 at the tenth percentile to $76,950 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $46,392, from $58,040, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 303 of 490 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $47,138, the adjusted value of that $58,040 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 303 of 490 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,810 to $76,950; 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.
- Take-home for Minnesota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $46,392 from $58,040. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 303 of 490 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $47,138 — the adjusted value of that $58,040 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 303 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,810 and the top tenth $76,950, so most people doing this work in Minnesota sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $47,138.
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 Minnesota adds its own income tax on top — which is why $46,392 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,810 to $76,950) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Minnesota rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Minnesota'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 $47,138 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 $46,392 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Minnesota 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.