Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,125
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$7,275
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,127
West Virginia costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in West 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
$42,400
Kept after tax
$35,125
Worth in national money
$39,127
State rank
41
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in West Virginia. The middle earner gets $42,400. That is 41 of 49 states, and about 9.17% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 320 among 473 occupations West Virginia publishes pay for.
- Here is where West Virginia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $42,400 you keep $35,125, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $39,127 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $41,910, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For cabinetmakers and bench carpenters, West Virginia sits in the lower band at $42,400, ranking 41 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 9.17%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 320 of 473 in West Virginia places cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 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 federal, FICA and West Virginia income tax, retained pay for cabinetmakers and bench carpenters on $42,400 is $35,125. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $39,127 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $41,910 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,400 |
| Top tenth earn over | $48,440 |
| This salary | $42,400 |
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 West Virginia | $35,125 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,248 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,825 |
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 | $41,002 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,207 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
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 cabinetmakers and bench carpenters in West Virginia earn under $42,400 and half over. The published range runs $33,000 at the tenth percentile to $48,440 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $35,125 take-home in West Virginia comes from $42,400. 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 320 of 473.
- Two cautions on $39,127, the adjusted value of that $42,400 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of West Virginia. 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 320 of 473 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for cabinetmakers and bench carpenters in West Virginia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,000 to $48,440; 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.
- Retained pay of $35,125, from $42,400, assumes a single West 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 320 of 473 locally, and the state ranks 41 of 49 for it.
- This $39,127 adjusted figure, worked from $42,400, 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 320 of 473 in the state. The occupation ranks 320 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $33,000 at the bottom tenth to $48,440 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in West Virginia sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $39,127 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 West Virginia's own levy, $35,125 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,000 to $48,440) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to West Virginia rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
West Virginia's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $39,127 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $35,125 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and West 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.