Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,396
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$9,444
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,841
Illinois costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Illinois — 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
$47,840
Kept after tax
$38,396
Worth in national money
$38,841
State rank
37
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Illinois. The middle earner gets $47,840. That is 37 of 49 states, and about 16.87% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Illinois, this sits in the middle: 358 of 494 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Illinois costs about what the country costs, so from $47,840, take-home of $38,396 is worth roughly $38,841 in national money. The average comes to $49,410, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For motorboat mechanics and service technicians, Illinois sits in the lower band at $47,840, ranking 37 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 16.87%. 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 358 of 494 occupations in Illinois 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.
- Price parity in Illinois is near the national base, so for motorboat mechanics and service technicians, whose median is $47,840, the adjusted figure of $38,841 differs little from $38,396 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $49,410 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,780 |
| This salary | $47,840 |
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 Illinois | $38,396 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,619 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,959 |
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 | $45,073 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,579 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Illinois earn less than $47,840. The published range is $38,630 up to $59,780, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $38,396 take-home in Illinois comes from $47,840. 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 358 of 494.
- Two cautions on $38,841, the adjusted value of that $47,840 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Illinois. 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 358 of 494 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for motorboat mechanics and service technicians in Illinois the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $38,630 to $59,780. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $38,396, from $47,840, assumes a single Illinois 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 358 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 37 of 49 for it.
- This $38,841 adjusted figure, worked from $47,840, 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 358 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 358 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $49,410, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $38,630 at the bottom tenth to $59,780 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Illinois is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $38,841 in national terms.
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 Illinois adds its own income tax on top — which is why $38,396 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 Illinois is $49,410. 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 ($38,630 to $59,780) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Illinois rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Illinois'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 $38,841 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 $38,396 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Illinois 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.