Administrative Services Managers in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$93,939
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$36,911
28.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$93,240
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
$130,850
Kept after tax
$93,939
Worth in national money
$93,240
State rank
6
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Virginia is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $130,850, which ranks 6 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 14.65% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Virginia reports, this job comes in at 32 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Virginia costs about what the country costs, so from $130,850, take-home of $93,939 is worth roughly $93,240 in national money. The average comes to $143,490, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Virginia ranks 6 of 50 states publishing a median for administrative services managers, at $130,850 — about 14.65% 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.
- Administrative services managers ranks 32 of 489 occupations by median in Virginia, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Price parity in Virginia is near the national base, so for administrative services managers, whose median is $130,850, the adjusted figure of $93,240 differs little from $93,939 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $143,490 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Administrative Services Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $78,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $130,850 |
| Top tenth earn over | $221,050 |
| This salary | $130,850 |
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 | $93,939 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $100,702 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,389 |
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 | $120,979 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,608 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $130,850 as a midpoint for Virginia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $78,540 and the ninetieth is $221,050 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Virginia's $93,939, worked from $130,850. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 32 of 489.
- Two cautions on $93,240, the adjusted value of that $130,850 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Virginia. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 32 of 489 locally.
- The Virginia median of $130,850 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $78,540 to $221,050. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Virginia take-home of $93,939, on $130,850 for work ranking 32 of 489 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 32 of 489 in the state.
- This $93,240 adjusted figure, worked from $130,850, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 32 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 32 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 $143,490, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $78,540 at the bottom tenth to $221,050 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Virginia run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $93,240 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Virginia's own levy, $93,939 remains.
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 50 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 Virginia is $143,490. 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 ($78,540) and the ninetieth ($221,050) 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 $93,240 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 $93,939 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.
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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.