Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,819
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$10,941
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,153
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
$57,760
Kept after tax
$46,819
Worth in national money
$52,153
State rank
45
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. West Virginia pays this job a middle wage of $57,760, 45 of 49 states and about 12.84% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in West Virginia, this sits in the middle: 179 of 473 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- West Virginia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $57,760 the take-home is $46,819; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $52,153 would nationally. The average comes to $58,540, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- West Virginia's $57,760 median for career/technical education teachers, secondary school places it 45 of 49 states, about 12.84% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Career/technical education teachers, secondary school ranks 179 of 473 occupations in West Virginia by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for career/technical education teachers, secondary school in West Virginia, on $57,760, is $46,819 — equivalent to $52,153 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $58,540 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,490 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $69,390 |
| This salary | $57,760 |
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 | $46,819 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,590 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,150 |
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 | $55,555 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,600 |
| 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 career/technical education teachers, secondary school in West Virginia earn under $57,760 and half over. The published range runs $50,490 at the tenth percentile to $69,390 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $46,819 take-home in West Virginia comes from $57,760. 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 179 of 473.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $52,153 uses one figure for the whole of West Virginia. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 473 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 179.
- Figures are distribution medians for career/technical education teachers, secondary school in West Virginia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $50,490 to $69,390; 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 $46,819, from $57,760, 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 179 of 473 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $52,153, worked from $57,760, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular West Virginia address, on work sitting at 179 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $50,490 at the bottom tenth to $69,390 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $52,153 in national terms.
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, $46,819 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($50,490 to $69,390) 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 $52,153 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 $46,819 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.