First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,435
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$22,815
24.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,151
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
$92,250
Kept after tax
$69,435
Worth in national money
$64,151
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Massachusetts's middle earner gets $92,250, putting the state 6 of 51 — about 15.51% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 145 among 485 occupations Massachusetts publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $92,250, tax leaves $69,435 — and because Massachusetts is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $64,151 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $92,890, since top earners drag the number up.
- For first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers, Massachusetts sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $92,250, ranking 6 of 51 and running about 15.51% 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 145 of 485 in Massachusetts places first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, 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 tax, $69,435 remains from the Massachusetts median of $92,250 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $64,151 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $92,890 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $92,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,970 |
| This salary | $92,250 |
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 | $69,435 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $73,728 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,721 |
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 | $86,148 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$16,190 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $92,250 as a midpoint for Massachusetts, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $59,540 and the ninetieth is $129,970 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Massachusetts's $69,435, worked from $92,250. 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 145 of 485.
- Two cautions on $64,151, the adjusted value of that $92,250 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Massachusetts. 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 145 of 485 locally.
- The Massachusetts median of $92,250 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $59,540 to $129,970. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Massachusetts take-home of $69,435, on $92,250 for work ranking 145 of 485 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 145 of 485 in the state.
- This $64,151 adjusted figure, worked from $92,250, 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 145 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 145 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $59,540 at the bottom tenth to $129,970 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $64,151 of national purchasing power.
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 $69,435 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($59,540) and the ninetieth ($129,970) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $64,151 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 $69,435 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.