Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,035
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$11,495
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,682
Arkansas costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Arkansas — 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
$60,530
Kept after tax
$49,035
Worth in national money
$56,682
State rank
46
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Arkansas. The middle earner gets $60,530. That is 46 of 51 states, and about 7.6% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 150 among 489 occupations Arkansas publishes pay for.
- Here is where Arkansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $60,530 you keep $49,035, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $56,682 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $58,960, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines, Arkansas sits in the lower band at $60,530, ranking 46 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 7.6%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 150 of 489 in Arkansas places mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 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 federal, FICA and Arkansas income tax, retained pay for mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines on $60,530 is $49,035. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $56,682 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $58,960 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,000 |
| This salary | $60,530 |
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 Arkansas | $49,035 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,816 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,389 |
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 | $58,313 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,308 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,530 as a midpoint for Arkansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $42,790 and the ninetieth is $77,000 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Arkansas the take-home figure of $49,035, from $60,530, 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 150 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $56,682, the adjusted value of that $60,530 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Arkansas. 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 150 of 489 locally.
- The Arkansas median of $60,530 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $42,790 to $77,000. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Arkansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $49,035 from $60,530. 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 150 of 489 locally.
- This $56,682 adjusted figure, worked from $60,530, 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 150 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 150 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $42,790 at the bottom tenth to $77,000 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Arkansas sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $56,682 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 Arkansas adds its own income tax on top — which is why $49,035 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($42,790 to $77,000) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Arkansas rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Arkansas'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 $56,682 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 $49,035 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Arkansas 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.