Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,561
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$8,429
15.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,968
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — 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
$53,990
Kept after tax
$45,561
Worth in national money
$41,968
State rank
11
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Washington is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $53,990, which ranks 11 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 12.76% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 360 among 493 occupations Washington publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $53,990 the take-home is $45,561. But Washington costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $41,968 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $56,780, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Washington ranks 11 of 49 states publishing a median for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics, at $53,990 — about 12.76% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 360 of 493 in Washington 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Washington income tax is $45,561 for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics, from $53,990. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $41,968. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $56,780 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,030 |
| This salary | $53,990 |
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 Washington | $45,561 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,561 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,918 |
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 | $53,990 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,948 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $53,990 as a midpoint for Washington, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $42,410 and the ninetieth is $76,030 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $45,561 take-home in Washington comes from $53,990. 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 360 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Washington, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $41,968, the adjusted value of that $53,990 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 360 of 493 in the state.
- The Washington median of $53,990 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $42,410 to $76,030. 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 $45,561, from $53,990, assumes a single Washington 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 360 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Washington, so $41,968 — the adjusted value of that $53,990 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 360 of 493 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 $56,780 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $42,410 and the top tenth $76,030, so most people doing this work in Washington sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Washington costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $41,968 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $45,561 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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 Washington is $56,780. 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 ($42,410 to $76,030) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Washington rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $41,968 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $45,561 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.