Community Health Workers in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,036
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$9,034
15.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,247
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — 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
$57,070
Kept after tax
$48,036
Worth in national money
$44,247
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for community health workers is strong here. Washington's middle earner gets $57,070, putting the state 9 of 51 — about 10.07% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Community health workers ranks 346 among 493 occupations Washington publishes pay for.
- Washington is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $57,070 the take-home is $48,036; in national-average money that behaves like $44,247. The average comes to $59,800, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For community health workers, Washington sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $57,070, ranking 9 of 51 and running about 10.07% 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 346 of 493 in Washington places community health workers 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.
- Take-home for community health workers in Washington, on $57,070, is $48,036; deflated by the state's price level, $44,247. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $59,800 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Community Health Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,680 |
| This salary | $57,070 |
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 Washington | $48,036 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,036 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,185 |
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 | $57,070 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,271 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Washington earn less than $57,070. The published range is $43,820 up to $80,680, 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 Washington's $48,036, worked from $57,070. 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 346 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Washington, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $44,247, the adjusted value of that $57,070 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 346 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for community health workers in Washington the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $43,820 to $80,680. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Washington take-home of $48,036, on $57,070 for work ranking 346 of 493 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 346 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Washington, so $44,247 — the adjusted value of that $57,070 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 346 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $59,800, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $43,820 at the tenth percentile, $80,680 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Washington run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $44,247 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $48,036 of this wage reaches your account, because Washington takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
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 Washington is $59,800. 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 ($43,820 to $80,680) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Washington rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $44,247 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $48,036 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.