Computer and Information Systems Managers in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$139,199
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$62,291
30.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$138,164
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
$201,490
Kept after tax
$139,199
Worth in national money
$138,164
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Virginia's middle earner gets $201,490, putting the state 6 of 51 — about 15.05% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Virginia this is well-paid work. Of 489 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 5 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $201,490, tax leaves $139,199, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $138,164 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $206,920, since top earners drag the number up.
- For computer and information systems managers, Virginia sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $201,490, ranking 6 of 51 and running about 15.05% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Virginia publishes a median for, computer and information systems managers sits 5 of 489 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Because Virginia sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for computer and information systems managers — median $201,490 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $139,199 retained, $138,164 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $206,920 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Computer and Information Systems Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $133,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $201,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $300,720 |
| This salary | $201,490 |
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 | $139,199 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $150,024 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$16,221 |
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 | $186,951 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$21,541 |
| 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 $201,490. The published range is $133,320 up to $300,720, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $139,199 take-home in Virginia comes from $201,490. 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 5 of 489.
- Two cautions on $138,164, the adjusted value of that $201,490 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of 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 5 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for computer and information systems managers in Virginia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $133,320 to $300,720. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $139,199, from $201,490, 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 5 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 51 for it.
- This $138,164 adjusted figure, worked from $201,490, 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 5 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 5 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $133,320 and the top tenth $300,720 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $138,164 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Virginia adds its own income tax on top — which is why $139,199 of this wage survives to your account.
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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($133,320) and the ninetieth ($300,720) 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 $138,164 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 $139,199 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.