Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,039
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$19,151
23.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,578
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
$81,190
Kept after tax
$62,039
Worth in national money
$61,578
State rank
12
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Virginia's middle earner gets $81,190, putting the state 12 of 50 — about 3.81% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Virginia reports figures for, this is number 124.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $81,190 the take-home is $62,039, which is worth about $61,578 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $89,320, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists, Virginia sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $81,190, ranking 12 of 50 and running about 3.81% 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.
- In Virginia's occupational distribution, compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists sits at 124 of 489 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Virginia's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists on its $81,190 median: $62,039 retained after tax becomes $61,578 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $89,320 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $136,030 |
| This salary | $81,190 |
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 | $62,039 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,947 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,286 |
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 | $75,635 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,683 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
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 compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists in Virginia earn under $81,190 and half over. The published range runs $54,410 at the tenth percentile to $136,030 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $62,039 take-home in Virginia comes from $81,190. 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 124 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Virginia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $61,578, the adjusted value of that $81,190 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 124 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists in Virginia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $54,410 to $136,030; 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 $62,039, from $81,190, assumes a single 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 124 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Virginia, so $61,578 — the adjusted value of that $81,190 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 124 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $89,320 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $54,410 at the bottom tenth to $136,030 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $61,578 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 Virginia's own levy, $62,039 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $89,320. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($54,410) and the ninetieth ($136,030) 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.
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 $61,578 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 $62,039 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.
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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.