Baggage Porters and Bellhops in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,132
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$5,878
14.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,361
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
$41,010
Kept after tax
$35,132
Worth in national money
$32,361
State rank
5
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Washington pays baggage porters and bellhops a middle wage of $41,010, ranking 5 of 48 states and sitting about 10.6% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Washington, this one sits low: 473 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Washington is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $41,010 the take-home is $35,132; in national-average money that behaves like $32,361. The average comes to $43,180, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Washington's median for baggage porters and bellhops is $41,010, about 10.6% above the national figure and 5 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.
- Baggage porters and bellhops occupies position 473 of 493 in Washington's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Take-home for baggage porters and bellhops in Washington, on $41,010, is $35,132; deflated by the state's price level, $32,361. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $43,180 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 | $36,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $51,760 |
| This salary | $41,010 |
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 | $35,132 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,132 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,792 |
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 | $41,010 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,586 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $41,010 as a midpoint for Washington, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,030 and the ninetieth is $51,760 — 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 $35,132, worked from $41,010. 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 473 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Washington, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $32,361, the adjusted value of that $41,010 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 473 of 493 in the state.
- The Washington median of $41,010 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,030 to $51,760. 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 $35,132, on $41,010 for work ranking 473 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 473 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Washington, so $32,361 — the adjusted value of that $41,010 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 473 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 $43,180 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,030 and the top tenth $51,760, so most people doing this work in Washington sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Washington run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $32,361 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $35,132 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $43,180. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,030 to $51,760) 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 $32,361 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 $35,132 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.