Accountants and Auditors in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,856
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$23,434
25.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,337
Virginia costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Virginia — 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
$93,290
Kept after tax
$69,856
Worth in national money
$69,337
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for accountants and auditors is strong here. Virginia's middle earner gets $93,290, putting the state 11 of 51 — about 11.48% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Virginia. It ranks 102 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Virginia costs about what the country costs, so from $93,290, take-home of $69,856 is worth roughly $69,337 in national money. The average comes to $100,660, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For accountants and auditors, Virginia sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $93,290, ranking 11 of 51 and running about 11.48% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Virginia, accountants and auditors ranks 102 of 489 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Price parity in Virginia is near the national base, so for accountants and auditors, whose median is $93,290, the adjusted figure of $69,337 differs little from $69,856 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $100,660 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Accountants and Auditors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $93,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $156,730 |
| This salary | $93,290 |
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 Virginia | $69,856 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,460 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,288 |
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 | $86,746 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,066 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $93,290 as a midpoint for Virginia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $60,000 and the ninetieth is $156,730 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Virginia the take-home figure of $69,856, from $93,290, 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 102 of 489 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Virginia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $69,337, the adjusted value of that $93,290 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 102 of 489 in the state.
- The Virginia median of $93,290 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $60,000 to $156,730. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Virginia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $69,856 from $93,290. 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 102 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Virginia, so $69,337 — the adjusted value of that $93,290 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 102 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $100,660, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $60,000, the highest tenth $156,730, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Virginia costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $69,337 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; Virginia then takes its own share, leaving $69,856.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 Virginia is $100,660. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($60,000) and the ninetieth ($156,730) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Virginia's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $69,337 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 $69,856 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Virginia 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.