Biological Technicians in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,033
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$9,767
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,008
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
$60,800
Kept after tax
$51,033
Worth in national money
$47,008
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for biological technicians is strong here. Washington's middle earner gets $60,800, putting the state 8 of 51 — about 5.72% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Washington reports figures for, this is number 303.
- Washington is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $60,800 the take-home is $51,033; in national-average money that behaves like $47,008. The average lands at $60,770, below the middle of the range.
- For biological technicians, Washington sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $60,800, ranking 8 of 51 and running about 5.72% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Washington's occupational distribution, biological technicians sits at 303 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 biological technicians in Washington, on $60,800, is $51,033; deflated by the state's price level, $47,008. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $60,770 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Biological Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,580 |
| This salary | $60,800 |
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 | $51,033 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,033 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,508 |
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 | $60,800 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,662 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,800 as a midpoint for Washington, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $45,720 and the ninetieth is $79,580 — 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 $51,033, worked from $60,800. 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 303 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Washington, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $47,008, the adjusted value of that $60,800 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 303 of 493 in the state.
- The Washington median of $60,800 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $45,720 to $79,580. 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 $51,033, on $60,800 for work ranking 303 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 303 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Washington, so $47,008 — the adjusted value of that $60,800 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 303 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $45,720 at the tenth percentile, $79,580 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $47,008 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $51,033 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($45,720 to $79,580) 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 $47,008 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 $51,033 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.