Cashiers in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$25,753
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$4,827
15.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$25,562
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
$30,580
Kept after tax
$25,753
Worth in national money
$25,562
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Virginia pays cashiers around $30,580 at the midpoint, 26 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 489 occupations Virginia publishes, cashiers lands at 481. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $30,580, tax leaves $25,753, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $25,562 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $32,140, since top earners drag the number up.
- For cashiers the Virginia median is $30,580, ranking 26 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Virginia, this work ranks 481 of 489 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Because Virginia sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for cashiers — median $30,580 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $25,753 retained, $25,562 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $32,140 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Cashiers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $30,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $37,450 |
| This salary | $30,580 |
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 | $25,753 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $26,751 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,967 |
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 | $29,338 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,371 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Virginia earn less than $30,580. The published range is $27,040 up to $37,450, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Virginia the take-home figure of $25,753, from $30,580, 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 481 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 $25,562, the adjusted value of that $30,580 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 481 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for cashiers in Virginia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $27,040 to $37,450. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Virginia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $25,753 from $30,580. 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 481 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Virginia, so $25,562 — the adjusted value of that $30,580 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 481 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $32,140, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $27,040 at the bottom tenth to $37,450 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Virginia run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $25,562 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $25,753.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Virginia is $32,140. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($27,040 to $37,450) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Virginia rather than a national figure.
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 $25,562 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 $25,753 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.
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.