Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,576
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$12,434
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,358
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
$61,010
Kept after tax
$48,576
Worth in national money
$49,358
State rank
11
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Minnesota pays this job a middle wage of $61,010, ranking 11 of 49 states and sitting about 6.01% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 277 among 490 occupations Minnesota publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $61,010, take-home of $48,576 is worth roughly $49,358 in national money. The average comes to $62,590, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Minnesota's median for motorboat mechanics and service technicians is $61,010, about 6.01% above the national figure and 11 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 277 of 490 in Minnesota places motorboat mechanics and service technicians 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.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for motorboat mechanics and service technicians, whose median is $61,010, the adjusted figure of $49,358 differs little from $48,576 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $62,590 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 | $46,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,780 |
| This salary | $61,010 |
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 | $48,576 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,202 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,332 |
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 | $57,743 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,030 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $61,010 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,460 and the ninetieth is $78,780 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $48,576 take-home in Minnesota comes from $61,010. 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 277 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $49,358 uses one figure for the whole of Minnesota. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 490 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 277.
- The Minnesota median of $61,010 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,460 to $78,780. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $48,576, from $61,010, assumes a single Minnesota 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 277 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $49,358, worked from $61,010, 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 Minnesota address, on work sitting at 277 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $46,460 and the top tenth $78,780, 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 $49,358 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, $48,576 remains.
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 ($46,460 to $78,780) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to 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 $49,358 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 $48,576 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.
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.