Medical Equipment Repairers in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,912
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$12,278
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,266
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
$71,190
Kept after tax
$58,912
Worth in national money
$54,266
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for medical equipment repairers is strong here. Washington's middle earner gets $71,190, putting the state 12 of 51 — about 15.46% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Washington reports figures for, this is number 252.
- Washington is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $71,190 the take-home is $58,912; in national-average money that behaves like $54,266. The average comes to $73,690, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For medical equipment repairers, Washington sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $71,190, ranking 12 of 51 and running about 15.46% 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.
- In Washington's occupational distribution, medical equipment repairers sits at 252 of 493 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Take-home for medical equipment repairers in Washington, on $71,190, is $58,912; deflated by the state's price level, $54,266. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $73,690 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Medical Equipment Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $71,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $106,500 |
| This salary | $71,190 |
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 | $58,912 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,912 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,359 |
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 | $71,190 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,274 |
| 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 Washington earn less than $71,190. The published range is $46,900 up to $106,500, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Washington the take-home figure of $58,912, from $71,190, 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 252 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $54,266, the adjusted value of that $71,190 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Washington. 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 252 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for medical equipment repairers in Washington the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,900 to $106,500. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Washington is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $58,912 from $71,190. 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 252 of 493 locally.
- This $54,266 adjusted figure, worked from $71,190, 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 252 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 252 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 $73,690, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $46,900 at the bottom tenth to $106,500 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $54,266 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $58,912 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $73,690. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($46,900) and the ninetieth ($106,500) 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?
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 $54,266 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 $58,912 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.
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.