Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $52K, rent takes 29.4% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,021/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new electric motor, power tool, and related repairers typically earn — is $38K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,257/month. At HUD’s $1,021/month FMR, rent would take 45% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $52K locally vs. $56K nationally, a 8% difference.

Arkansas pays $52K median vs. the U.S. average of $56K — that’s -8%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 87.64), the purchasing-power equivalent is $59K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $51,670 a year, that works out to about $25 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $37,620, and experienced electric motor, power tool, and related repairers can clear $57,440. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $3,476/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,021/month, which eats 29.4% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Arkansas has a Regional Price Parity of 87.64 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median electric motor, power tool, and related repairers salary is worth about $58,957 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.