Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,896
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$9,734
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,882
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
$60,630
Kept after tax
$50,896
Worth in national money
$46,882
State rank
4
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 $60,630, ranking 4 of 45 states and sitting about 27.29% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 307 among 493 occupations Washington publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $60,630, tax leaves $50,896 — and because Washington is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $46,882 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $60,840, since top earners drag the number up.
- Washington's median for automotive glass installers and repairers is $60,630, about 27.29% above the national figure and 4 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.
- Position 307 of 493 in Washington places automotive glass installers and repairers 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 tax, $50,896 remains from the Washington median of $60,630 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $46,882 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $60,840 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,060 |
| This salary | $60,630 |
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 | $50,896 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,896 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,494 |
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 | $60,630 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,644 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,630 as a midpoint for Washington, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $41,630 and the ninetieth is $81,060 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $50,896 take-home in Washington comes from $60,630. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 307 of 493.
- Two cautions on $46,882, the adjusted value of that $60,630 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Washington. 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 307 of 493 locally.
- The Washington median of $60,630 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $41,630 to $81,060. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $50,896, from $60,630, assumes a single Washington filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 307 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 45 for it.
- This $46,882 adjusted figure, worked from $60,630, 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 307 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 307 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $41,630 at the bottom tenth to $81,060 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $46,882 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $50,896 survives, because Washington levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 ($41,630 to $81,060) 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 $46,882 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 $50,896 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.