Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,471
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$12,729
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,449
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
$65,200
Kept after tax
$52,471
Worth in national money
$58,449
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. West Virginia's middle earner gets $65,200, putting the state 17 of 51 — about 2.16% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 134 among 473 occupations West Virginia publishes pay for.
- Here is where West Virginia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $65,200 you keep $52,471, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $58,449 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $65,190, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For career/technical education teachers, postsecondary, West Virginia sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $65,200, ranking 17 of 51 and running about 2.16% 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.
- Position 134 of 473 in West Virginia places career/technical education teachers, postsecondary 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 career/technical education teachers, postsecondary on $65,200 is $52,471. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $58,449 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 $65,190 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $89,110 |
| This salary | $65,200 |
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 | $52,471 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,568 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,295 |
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 | $62,590 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,985 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in West Virginia earn less than $65,200. The published range is $37,140 up to $89,110, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind West Virginia's $52,471, worked from $65,200. 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 134 of 473.
- Two cautions on $58,449, the adjusted value of that $65,200 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 134 of 473 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for career/technical education teachers, postsecondary in West Virginia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,140 to $89,110. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The West Virginia take-home of $52,471, on $65,200 for work ranking 134 of 473 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 134 of 473 in the state.
- This $58,449 adjusted figure, worked from $65,200, 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 134 of 473 in the state. The occupation ranks 134 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $37,140 and the top tenth $89,110 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. West Virginia is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $58,449 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and West Virginia adds its own income tax on top — which is why $52,471 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($37,140) and the ninetieth ($89,110) 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.
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 $58,449 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 $52,471 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.
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.