Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians in California
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,450
after federal, FICA and California tax
Tax takes
$13,790
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,365
California costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in California — 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
$68,240
Kept after tax
$54,450
Worth in national money
$48,365
State rank
1
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. California pays this job a middle wage of $68,240, ranking 1 of 45 states and sitting about 31.23% above the national middle.
- Against other work in California, this sits in the middle: 248 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $68,240, tax leaves $54,450 — and because California is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $48,365 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $64,010.
- California's median for recreational vehicle service technicians is $68,240, about 31.23% above the national figure and 1 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Recreational vehicle service technicians ranks 248 of 492 occupations in California 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.
- After tax, $54,450 remains from the California median of $68,240 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $48,365 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $64,010 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,340 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $68,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,380 |
| This salary | $68,240 |
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 California | $54,450 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,837 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,124 |
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 | $65,053 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,460 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 113 |
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 recreational vehicle service technicians in California earn under $68,240 and half over. The published range runs $38,340 at the tenth percentile to $78,380 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In California the take-home figure of $54,450, from $68,240, 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 248 of 492 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $48,365 uses one figure for the whole of California. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 492 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 248.
- Figures are distribution medians for recreational vehicle service technicians in California, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,340 to $78,380; 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.
- Take-home for California is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $54,450 from $68,240. 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 248 of 492 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $48,365, worked from $68,240, 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 California address, on work sitting at 248 of 492 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 $64,010 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $38,340 at the bottom tenth to $78,380 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. California costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $48,365 rather than its face figure.
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; California then takes its own share, leaving $54,450.
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 California is $64,010. 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 ($38,340 to $78,380) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to California rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
California's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $48,365 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 $54,450 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and California 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.