Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,916
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$6,804
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,047
Texas costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Texas — 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
$45,720
Kept after tax
$38,916
Worth in national money
$40,047
State rank
39
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Texas. The middle earner gets $45,720. That is 39 of 49 states, and about 4.51% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Texas reports figures for, this is number 339.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $45,720, take-home of $38,916 is worth roughly $40,047 in national money. The average comes to $47,230, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics, Texas sits in the lower band at $45,720, ranking 39 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 4.51%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Texas's occupational distribution, outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics sits at 339 of 493 — 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.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics, whose median is $45,720, the adjusted figure of $40,047 differs little from $38,916 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $47,230 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 | $34,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,130 |
| This salary | $45,720 |
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 Texas | $38,916 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $38,916 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,430 |
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 | $45,720 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,129 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
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 outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics in Texas earn under $45,720 and half over. The published range runs $34,730 at the tenth percentile to $64,130 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $38,916 take-home in Texas comes from $45,720. 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 339 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,047 uses one figure for the whole of Texas. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 339.
- Figures are distribution medians for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,730 to $64,130; 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 $38,916, from $45,720, assumes a single Texas 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 339 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 39 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,047, worked from $45,720, 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 Texas address, on work sitting at 339 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $47,230, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $34,730 at the tenth percentile, $64,130 at the ninetieth.
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 $40,047.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $38,916 of this wage reaches your account, because Texas takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
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.
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 Texas is $47,230. 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 ($34,730 to $64,130) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Texas rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Texas'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 $40,047 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Texas levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $38,916 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.