Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,860
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$8,510
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,280
North Carolina costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in North Carolina — 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
$47,370
Kept after tax
$38,860
Worth in national money
$41,280
State rank
28
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. North Carolina pays this job around $47,370 at the midpoint, 28 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 321 among 489 occupations North Carolina publishes pay for.
- North Carolina is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $47,370 the take-home is $38,860; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,280 would nationally. The average comes to $47,880, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics the North Carolina median is $47,370, ranking 28 of 49 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 321 of 489 in North Carolina places outdoor power equipment and other small engine 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.
- Post-tax income for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics in North Carolina, on $47,370, is $38,860 — equivalent to $41,280 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $47,880 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,720 |
| This salary | $47,370 |
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 North Carolina | $38,860 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,242 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$132 |
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 | $45,651 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$159 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,370 as a midpoint for North Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $32,260 and the ninetieth is $63,720 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind North Carolina's $38,860, worked from $47,370. 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 321 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,280 uses one figure for the whole of North Carolina. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 321.
- The North Carolina median of $47,370 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $32,260 to $63,720. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The North Carolina take-home of $38,860, on $47,370 for work ranking 321 of 489 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 321 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,280, worked from $47,370, 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 North Carolina address, on work sitting at 321 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $32,260 and the top tenth $63,720, so most people doing this work in North Carolina sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. North Carolina is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $41,280 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; North Carolina then takes its own share, leaving $38,860.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($32,260 to $63,720) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to North Carolina rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
North Carolina'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 $41,280 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 $38,860 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and North Carolina 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.