Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,793
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$18,577
23.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,771
Minnesota costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Minnesota — 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
$79,370
Kept after tax
$60,793
Worth in national money
$61,771
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $79,370, putting the state 3 of 51 — about 21.16% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations Minnesota reports figures for, this is number 158.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $79,370, take-home of $60,793 is worth roughly $61,771 in national money. The average lands at $76,880, below the middle of the range.
- For mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $79,370, ranking 3 of 51 and running about 21.16% 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 Minnesota's occupational distribution, mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines sits at 158 of 490 — 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.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines, whose median is $79,370, the adjusted figure of $61,771 differs little from $60,793 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $76,880 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,690 |
| This salary | $79,370 |
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 Minnesota | $60,793 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,667 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,776 |
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 | $73,864 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,597 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Minnesota earn less than $79,370. The published range is $54,450 up to $98,690, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Minnesota's $60,793, worked from $79,370. 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 158 of 490.
- Two cautions on $61,771, the adjusted value of that $79,370 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Minnesota. 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 158 of 490 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $54,450 to $98,690. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Minnesota take-home of $60,793, on $79,370 for work ranking 158 of 490 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 158 of 490 in the state.
- This $61,771 adjusted figure, worked from $79,370, 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 158 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 158 of 490 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 $76,880, 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?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $54,450 and the top tenth $98,690, so most people doing this work in Minnesota sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Minnesota sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $61,771 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Minnesota's own levy, $60,793 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 Minnesota is $76,880. 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 ($54,450 to $98,690) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Minnesota rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Minnesota'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 $61,771 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 $60,793 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Minnesota 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.