Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,344
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$11,956
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,237
New Jersey costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New Jersey — 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
$62,300
Kept after tax
$50,344
Worth in national money
$46,237
State rank
3
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Jersey is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $62,300, which ranks 3 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 10.17% above the national middle.
- Against other work in New Jersey, this sits in the middle: 273 of 490 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $62,300, tax leaves $50,344 — and because New Jersey is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $46,237 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $63,730, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Jersey ranks 3 of 47 states publishing a median for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians, at $62,300 — about 10.17% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Farm equipment mechanics and service technicians ranks 273 of 490 occupations in New Jersey 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.
- After tax, $50,344 remains from the New Jersey median of $62,300 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $46,237 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $63,730 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,660 |
| This salary | $62,300 |
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 New Jersey | $50,344 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,238 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,520 |
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 | $59,942 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,095 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in New Jersey earn less than $62,300. The published range is $48,090 up to $78,660, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New Jersey the take-home figure of $50,344, from $62,300, 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 273 of 490 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $46,237 uses one figure for the whole of New Jersey. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 490 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 273.
- Reported values are medians; for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians in New Jersey the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $48,090 to $78,660. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for New Jersey is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $50,344 from $62,300. 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 273 of 490 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $46,237, worked from $62,300, 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 New Jersey address, on work sitting at 273 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $48,090 at the tenth percentile, $78,660 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $46,237 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; New Jersey then takes its own share, leaving $50,344.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,090 to $78,660) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to New Jersey rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New Jersey's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $46,237 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 $50,344 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New Jersey 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.