Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,614
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$16,546
22.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,229
Massachusetts costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Massachusetts — 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
$74,160
Kept after tax
$57,614
Worth in national money
$53,229
State rank
2
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Massachusetts's middle earner gets $74,160, putting the state 2 of 49 — about 28.86% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Massachusetts reports figures for, this is number 223.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $74,160 the take-home is $57,614. But Massachusetts costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $53,229 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $70,900, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For motorboat mechanics and service technicians, Massachusetts sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $74,160, ranking 2 of 49 and running about 28.86% 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 Massachusetts's occupational distribution, motorboat mechanics and service technicians sits at 223 of 485 — 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Massachusetts income tax is $57,614 for motorboat mechanics and service technicians, from $74,160. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $53,229. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $70,900 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,340 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $94,500 |
| This salary | $74,160 |
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 Massachusetts | $57,614 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,002 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,546 |
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 | $69,344 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,499 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Massachusetts earn less than $74,160. The published range is $48,340 up to $94,500, 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 Massachusetts's $57,614, worked from $74,160. 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 223 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Massachusetts, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $53,229, the adjusted value of that $74,160 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 223 of 485 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for motorboat mechanics and service technicians in Massachusetts the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $48,340 to $94,500. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Massachusetts take-home of $57,614, on $74,160 for work ranking 223 of 485 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 223 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Massachusetts, so $53,229 — the adjusted value of that $74,160 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 223 of 485 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 $70,900 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $48,340 at the bottom tenth to $94,500 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Massachusetts run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $53,229 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 Massachusetts's own levy, $57,614 remains.
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 Massachusetts is $70,900. 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 ($48,340 to $94,500) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Massachusetts rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Massachusetts's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $53,229 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $57,614 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Massachusetts 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.