Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,491
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$9,879
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,430
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — 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
$61,370
Kept after tax
$51,491
Worth in national money
$47,430
State rank
7
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Washington's middle earner gets $61,370, putting the state 7 of 47 — about 8.52% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 300 among 493 occupations Washington publishes pay for.
- Washington is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $61,370 the take-home is $51,491; in national-average money that behaves like $47,430. The average comes to $63,580, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For farm equipment mechanics and service technicians, Washington sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $61,370, ranking 7 of 47 and running about 8.52% 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 300 of 493 in Washington places farm equipment mechanics and service technicians 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.
- Take-home for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians in Washington, on $61,370, is $51,491; deflated by the state's price level, $47,430. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $63,580 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $87,360 |
| This salary | $61,370 |
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 Washington | $51,491 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,491 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,558 |
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 | $61,370 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,722 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
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 Washington earn under $61,370 and half over. The published range runs $46,090 at the tenth percentile to $87,360 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Washington's $51,491, worked from $61,370. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 300 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $47,430 uses one figure for the whole of Washington. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 300.
- Figures are distribution medians for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians in Washington, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,090 to $87,360; 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.
- The Washington take-home of $51,491, on $61,370 for work ranking 300 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 300 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $47,430, worked from $61,370, 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 Washington address, on work sitting at 300 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $63,580, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $46,090 at the tenth percentile, $87,360 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Washington run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $47,430 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $51,491 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Washington is $63,580. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,090 to $87,360) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Washington rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $47,430 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $51,491 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.