Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,790
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$8,070
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,684
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
$45,860
Kept after tax
$37,790
Worth in national money
$43,684
State rank
42
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Arkansas. The middle earner gets $45,860. That is 42 of 49 states, and about 20.31% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Arkansas, this sits in the middle: 276 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $45,860 you keep $37,790 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $43,684 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $46,960, since top earners drag the number up.
- For motorboat mechanics and service technicians, Arkansas sits in the lower band at $45,860, ranking 42 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 20.31%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Motorboat mechanics and service technicians ranks 276 of 489 occupations in Arkansas by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Arkansas is $37,790 after the full tax stack, from $45,860. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $43,684 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $46,960 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,280 |
| This salary | $45,860 |
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 | $37,790 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,029 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,521 |
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 | $44,319 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,258 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Arkansas earn less than $45,860. The published range is $34,940 up to $64,280, 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 Arkansas's $37,790, worked from $45,860. 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 276 of 489.
- Two cautions on $43,684, the adjusted value of that $45,860 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 276 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for motorboat mechanics and service technicians in Arkansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,940 to $64,280. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Arkansas take-home of $37,790, on $45,860 for work ranking 276 of 489 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 276 of 489 in the state.
- This $43,684 adjusted figure, worked from $45,860, 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 276 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 276 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,940 at the bottom tenth to $64,280 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 $43,684 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 $37,790 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,940 to $64,280) 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 $43,684 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 $37,790 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.