Baggage Porters and Bellhops in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,192
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$6,338
17.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,968
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
$36,530
Kept after tax
$30,192
Worth in national money
$29,968
State rank
16
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Virginia pays baggage porters and bellhops a middle wage of $36,530, ranking 16 of 48 states and sitting about 1.48% above the national middle.
- Against 489 occupations Virginia publishes, baggage porters and bellhops lands at 449. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- No great distortion either way. Virginia costs about what the country costs, so from $36,530, take-home of $30,192 is worth roughly $29,968 in national money. The average comes to $37,460, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Virginia's median for baggage porters and bellhops is $36,530, about 1.48% above the national figure and 16 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Virginia, this work ranks 449 of 489 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Price parity in Virginia is near the national base, so for baggage porters and bellhops, whose median is $36,530, the adjusted figure of $29,968 differs little from $30,192 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $37,460 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Baggage Porters and Bellhops
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,470 |
| This salary | $36,530 |
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 | $30,192 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,532 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,481 |
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 | $34,862 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,000 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Virginia earn less than $36,530. The published range is $30,280 up to $45,470, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $30,192 take-home in Virginia comes from $36,530. 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 449 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $29,968 uses one figure for the whole of Virginia. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 449.
- Reported values are medians; for baggage porters and bellhops in Virginia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $30,280 to $45,470. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $30,192, from $36,530, assumes a single Virginia 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 449 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $29,968, worked from $36,530, 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 Virginia address, on work sitting at 449 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $30,280 at the bottom tenth to $45,470 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. Virginia costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $29,968 rather than its face figure.
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, $30,192 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 48 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 ($30,280 to $45,470) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Virginia rather than a national figure.
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 $29,968 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 $30,192 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.