Automotive Body and Related Repairers in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,056
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$9,284
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,187
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
$58,340
Kept after tax
$49,056
Worth in national money
$45,187
State rank
13
of 51 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 $58,340, ranking 13 of 51 states and sitting about 6.29% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Washington reports figures for, this is number 336.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $58,340, tax leaves $49,056 — and because Washington is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $45,187 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $84,770, since top earners drag the number up.
- Washington's median for automotive body and related repairers is $58,340, about 6.29% above the national figure and 13 of 51 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, automotive body and related repairers sits at 336 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.
- After tax, $49,056 remains from the Washington median of $58,340 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $45,187 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $84,770 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Automotive Body and Related Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,140 |
| This salary | $58,340 |
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 | $49,056 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,056 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,295 |
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 | $58,340 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,404 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $58,340 as a midpoint for Washington, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $40,830 and the ninetieth is $133,140 — 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 Washington's $49,056, worked from $58,340. 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 336 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Washington, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $45,187, the adjusted value of that $58,340 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 336 of 493 in the state.
- The Washington median of $58,340 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $40,830 to $133,140. 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 Washington take-home of $49,056, on $58,340 for work ranking 336 of 493 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 336 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Washington, so $45,187 — the adjusted value of that $58,340 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 336 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $84,770 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $40,830 at the bottom tenth to $133,140 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $45,187 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $49,056 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.
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 Washington is $84,770. 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 ($40,830) and the ninetieth ($133,140) 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?
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 $45,187 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 $49,056 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.
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.