Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,582
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$12,138
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,961
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — 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
$70,720
Kept after tax
$58,582
Worth in national money
$53,961
State rank
2
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Washington pays this job a middle wage of $70,720, ranking 2 of 45 states and sitting about 34.45% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Washington reports figures for, this is number 253.
- Washington is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $70,720 the take-home is $58,582; in national-average money that behaves like $53,961. The average lands at $69,940, below the middle of the range.
- Washington's median for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers is $70,720, about 34.45% above the national figure and 2 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Washington's occupational distribution, audiovisual equipment installers and repairers sits at 253 of 493 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Take-home for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers in Washington, on $70,720, is $58,582; deflated by the state's price level, $53,961. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $69,940 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $70,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $92,800 |
| This salary | $70,720 |
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 Washington | $58,582 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,582 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,323 |
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 | $70,720 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,172 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
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 audiovisual equipment installers and repairers in Washington earn under $70,720 and half over. The published range runs $51,190 at the tenth percentile to $92,800 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Washington the take-home figure of $58,582, from $70,720, 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 253 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $53,961 uses one figure for the whole of Washington. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 253.
- Figures are distribution medians for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers in Washington, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $51,190 to $92,800; 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.
- Take-home for Washington is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $58,582 from $70,720. 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 253 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $53,961, worked from $70,720, 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 Washington address, on work sitting at 253 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $51,190 at the tenth percentile, $92,800 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Washington costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $53,961 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $58,582 of this wage reaches your account, because Washington takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($51,190 to $92,800) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Washington rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $53,961 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $58,582 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.