Motorcycle Mechanics in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,196
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$11,234
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,264
New Jersey costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New Jersey — 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
$59,430
Kept after tax
$48,196
Worth in national money
$44,264
State rank
3
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for motorcycle mechanics is strong here. New Jersey's middle earner gets $59,430, putting the state 3 of 45 — about 22.33% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Motorcycle mechanics ranks 295 among 490 occupations New Jersey publishes pay for.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $59,430 the take-home is $48,196; in national-average money that behaves like $44,264. The average comes to $61,460, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For motorcycle mechanics, New Jersey sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $59,430, ranking 3 of 45 and running about 22.33% 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.
- Position 295 of 490 in New Jersey places motorcycle mechanics 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.
- Take-home for motorcycle mechanics in New Jersey, on $59,430, is $48,196; deflated by the state's price level, $44,264. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $61,460 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Motorcycle Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,430 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,890 |
| This salary | $59,430 |
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 New Jersey | $48,196 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,932 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,119 |
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 | $57,270 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,610 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of motorcycle mechanics in New Jersey earn under $59,430 and half over. The published range runs $47,350 at the tenth percentile to $79,890 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $48,196 take-home in New Jersey comes from $59,430. 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 295 of 490.
- Two cautions on $44,264, the adjusted value of that $59,430 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New Jersey. 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 295 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for motorcycle mechanics in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,350 to $79,890; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $48,196, from $59,430, assumes a single New Jersey 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 295 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 45 for it.
- This $44,264 adjusted figure, worked from $59,430, 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 295 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 295 of 490 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 $61,460 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $47,350 at the tenth percentile, $79,890 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $44,264 of national purchasing power.
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 New Jersey adds its own income tax on top — which is why $48,196 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.
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 New Jersey is $61,460. 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 ($47,350 to $79,890) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to New Jersey rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New Jersey's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $44,264 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 $48,196 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New Jersey 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.