Cashiers in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$22,711
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$3,659
13.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$25,298
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
$26,370
Kept after tax
$22,711
Worth in national money
$25,298
State rank
51
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. West Virginia pays cashiers a middle wage of $26,370, 51 of 51 states and about 19.8% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within West Virginia this is lower-paid work. Of 473 occupations the state publishes figures for, cashiers ranks 466. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where West Virginia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $26,370 you keep $22,711, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $25,298 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $26,550, because the best-paid pull it up.
- West Virginia's $26,370 median for cashiers places it 51 of 51 states, about 19.8% 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.
- Against every occupation West Virginia reports, cashiers ranks 466 of 473, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After federal, FICA and West Virginia income tax, retained pay for cashiers on $26,370 is $22,711. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $25,298 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 $26,550 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Cashiers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $21,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $26,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $33,990 |
| This salary | $26,370 |
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 | $22,711 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $23,326 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,295 |
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 | $25,623 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,528 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $26,370 as a midpoint for West Virginia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $21,350 and the ninetieth is $33,990 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind West Virginia's $22,711, worked from $26,370. 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 466 of 473.
- Two cautions on $25,298, the adjusted value of that $26,370 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 466 of 473 locally.
- The West Virginia median of $26,370 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $21,350 to $33,990. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The West Virginia take-home of $22,711, on $26,370 for work ranking 466 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 466 of 473 in the state.
- This $25,298 adjusted figure, worked from $26,370, 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 466 of 473 in the state. The occupation ranks 466 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $21,350 and the top tenth $33,990, so most people doing this work in West Virginia sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $25,298 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, $22,711 remains.
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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($21,350 to $33,990) 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 $25,298 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 $22,711 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.