Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,940
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$11,260
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,572
Ohio costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Ohio — 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
$63,200
Kept after tax
$51,940
Worth in national money
$56,572
State rank
39
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Ohio. The middle earner gets $63,200. That is 39 of 51 states, and about 3.53% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 197 among 494 occupations Ohio publishes pay for.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $63,200 the take-home is $51,940; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $56,572 would nationally. The average comes to $66,160, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines, Ohio sits in the lower band at $63,200, ranking 39 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 3.53%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 197 of 494 in Ohio 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.
- Post-tax income for mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines in Ohio, on $63,200, is $51,940 — equivalent to $56,572 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $66,160 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $83,020 |
| This salary | $63,200 |
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 Ohio | $51,940 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,961 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,071 |
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 | $61,929 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,504 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
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 mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines in Ohio earn under $63,200 and half over. The published range runs $49,080 at the tenth percentile to $83,020 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $51,940 take-home in Ohio comes from $63,200. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 197 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $56,572 uses one figure for the whole of Ohio. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 494 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 197.
- Figures are distribution medians for mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,080 to $83,020; 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.
- Retained pay of $51,940, from $63,200, assumes a single Ohio filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 197 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 39 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $56,572, worked from $63,200, 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 Ohio address, on work sitting at 197 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $66,160 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $49,080 at the tenth percentile, $83,020 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Ohio sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $56,572 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Ohio then takes its own share, leaving $51,940.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 Ohio is $66,160. 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 ($49,080 to $83,020) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Ohio rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Ohio'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 $56,572 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 $51,940 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Ohio 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.