Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,357
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$12,693
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,323
West Virginia costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in West 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
$65,050
Kept after tax
$52,357
Worth in national money
$58,323
State rank
10
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. West Virginia's middle earner gets $65,050, putting the state 10 of 50 — about 5.7% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 136 among 473 occupations West Virginia publishes pay for.
- Here is where West Virginia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $65,050 you keep $52,357, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $58,323 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $63,300, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors, West Virginia sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $65,050, ranking 10 of 50 and running about 5.7% 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.
- Position 136 of 473 in West Virginia places adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and West Virginia income tax, retained pay for adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors on $65,050 is $52,357. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $58,323 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $63,300 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $70,790 |
| This salary | $65,050 |
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 West Virginia | $52,357 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,448 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,292 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $62,449 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,960 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
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 adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors in West Virginia earn under $65,050 and half over. The published range runs $47,840 at the tenth percentile to $70,790 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind West Virginia's $52,357, worked from $65,050. 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 136 of 473.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $58,323 uses one figure for the whole of West Virginia. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 473 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 136.
- Figures are distribution medians for adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors in West Virginia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,840 to $70,790; 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.
- The West Virginia take-home of $52,357, on $65,050 for work ranking 136 of 473 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 136 of 473 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $58,323, worked from $65,050, 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 West Virginia address, on work sitting at 136 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $47,840 at the bottom tenth to $70,790 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in West Virginia sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $58,323 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and West Virginia adds its own income tax on top — which is why $52,357 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,840 to $70,790) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to West Virginia rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
West Virginia's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $58,323 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $52,357 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and West 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.