Motorcycle Mechanics in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,172
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$8,538
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,583
Mississippi costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Mississippi — 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
$45,710
Kept after tax
$37,172
Worth in national money
$42,583
State rank
31
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Mississippi pays motorcycle mechanics a middle wage of $45,710, 31 of 45 states and about 5.91% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in Mississippi, this sits in the middle: 281 of 486 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 $45,710 you keep $37,172 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,583 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $44,440.
- Mississippi's $45,710 median for motorcycle mechanics places it 31 of 45 states, about 5.91% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Motorcycle mechanics ranks 281 of 486 occupations in Mississippi 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 Mississippi is $37,172 after the full tax stack, from $45,710. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,583 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $44,440 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Motorcycle Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,100 |
| This salary | $45,710 |
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 Mississippi | $37,172 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,908 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,544 |
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 | $43,549 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,077 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,710 as a midpoint for Mississippi, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $29,380 and the ninetieth is $64,100 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Mississippi the take-home figure of $37,172, from $45,710, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 281 of 486 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Mississippi, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,583, the adjusted value of that $45,710 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 281 of 486 in the state.
- The Mississippi median of $45,710 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $29,380 to $64,100. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Mississippi is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,172 from $45,710. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 281 of 486 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Mississippi, so $42,583 — the adjusted value of that $45,710 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 281 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $29,380, the highest tenth $64,100, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $42,583.
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 Mississippi adds its own income tax on top — which is why $37,172 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 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($29,380) and the ninetieth ($64,100) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Mississippi'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 $42,583 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 $37,172 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Mississippi 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.