Broadcast Technicians in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,164
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$11,776
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,821
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
$57,940
Kept after tax
$46,164
Worth in national money
$45,821
State rank
15
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Virginia pays broadcast technicians a middle wage of $57,940, ranking 15 of 47 states and sitting about 2.74% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Broadcast technicians ranks 264 among 489 occupations Virginia publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Virginia costs about what the country costs, so from $57,940, take-home of $46,164 is worth roughly $45,821 in national money. The average lands at $57,520, below the middle of the range.
- Virginia's median for broadcast technicians is $57,940, about 2.74% above the national figure and 15 of 47 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 264 of 489 in Virginia places broadcast technicians 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.
- Price parity in Virginia is near the national base, so for broadcast technicians, whose median is $57,940, the adjusted figure of $45,821 differs little from $46,164 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $57,520 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Broadcast Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,430 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,510 |
| This salary | $57,940 |
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 | $46,164 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,735 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,331 |
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 | $54,740 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,238 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of broadcast technicians in Virginia earn under $57,940 and half over. The published range runs $28,430 at the tenth percentile to $82,510 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Virginia the take-home figure of $46,164, from $57,940, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 264 of 489 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Virginia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $45,821, the adjusted value of that $57,940 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 264 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for broadcast technicians in Virginia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $28,430 to $82,510; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Virginia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $46,164 from $57,940. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 264 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Virginia, so $45,821 — the adjusted value of that $57,940 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 264 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $28,430 at the bottom tenth to $82,510 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $45,821 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Virginia then takes its own share, leaving $46,164.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($28,430) and the ninetieth ($82,510) 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?
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 $45,821 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 $46,164 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.