Computer Occupations, All Other in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,185
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$26,955
25.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$89,321
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
$107,140
Kept after tax
$80,185
Worth in national money
$89,321
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. West Virginia pays this job around $107,140 at the midpoint, 21 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 473 occupations West Virginia reports, this job comes in at 26 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- West Virginia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $107,140 the take-home is $80,185; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $89,321 would nationally. The average comes to $114,300, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For computer occupations, all other the West Virginia median is $107,140, ranking 21 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.
- Computer occupations, all other ranks 26 of 473 occupations by median in West Virginia, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for computer occupations, all other in West Virginia, on $107,140, is $80,185 — equivalent to $89,321 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $114,300 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: Computer Occupations, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $107,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $172,410 |
| This salary | $107,140 |
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 | $80,185 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,203 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,670 |
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 | $101,429 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,688 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in West Virginia earn less than $107,140. The published range is $51,090 up to $172,410, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $80,185 take-home in West Virginia comes from $107,140. 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 26 of 473.
- One number stands for prices across all of West Virginia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $89,321, the adjusted value of that $107,140 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 26 of 473 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for computer occupations, all other in West Virginia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $51,090 to $172,410. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $80,185, from $107,140, assumes a single West 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 26 of 473 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for West Virginia, so $89,321 — the adjusted value of that $107,140 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 26 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $114,300, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $51,090 at the bottom tenth to $172,410 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $89,321 in national terms.
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 West Virginia adds its own income tax on top — which is why $80,185 of this wage survives to your account.
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 West Virginia is $114,300. 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 ($51,090) and the ninetieth ($172,410) 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.
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 $89,321 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 $80,185 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.