Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other Salary

It’s a stretch — at the median salary of $55K, rent takes 30.9% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,147/month. The 30% guideline puts the comfortable ceiling at roughly $1,100/month in rent — so roommates or a 1-bedroom would ease the math significantly.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new precision instrument and equipment repairers, all others typically earn — is $54K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $3,231/month. At HUD’s $1,147/month FMR, rent would take 35% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Local pay runs 20% below the national median — $55K here vs. $69K nationally. Cost of living is 11% below the national average, which narrows that gap in real purchasing power.

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway pays $55K median vs. the U.S. average of $69K — that’s -20%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 89.36), the purchasing-power equivalent is $62K — below the national median.

The median is $55,410 a year, that works out to about $27 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $53,850, and experienced precision instrument and equipment repairers, all others can clear $77,070. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $3,714/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,147/month, which eats 30.9% of your paycheck. That's above the 30% rule of thumb, housing will be a stretch at the median salary, though you can manage with roommates or a smaller place.

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway has a Regional Price Parity of 89.36 (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 precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other salary is worth about $62,008 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.