Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,519
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$14,481
21.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,121
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
$68,000
Kept after tax
$53,519
Worth in national money
$53,121
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Virginia is 30 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $68,000. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 180 among 489 occupations Virginia publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Virginia costs about what the country costs, so from $68,000, take-home of $53,519 is worth roughly $53,121 in national money. The average comes to $71,360, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Virginia ranks 30 of 51 for control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door at $68,000. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 180 of 489 in Virginia places control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door 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.
- Price parity in Virginia is near the national base, so for control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door, whose median is $68,000, the adjusted figure of $53,121 differs little from $53,519 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $71,360 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $68,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,160 |
| This salary | $68,000 |
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 | $53,519 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,668 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,195 |
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 | $63,894 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,469 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $68,000 as a midpoint for Virginia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $50,640 and the ninetieth is $99,160 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $53,519 take-home in Virginia comes from $68,000. 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 180 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Virginia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $53,121, the adjusted value of that $68,000 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 180 of 489 in the state.
- The Virginia median of $68,000 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $50,640 to $99,160. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $53,519, from $68,000, 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 180 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Virginia, so $53,121 — the adjusted value of that $68,000 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 180 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $71,360, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $50,640 and the top tenth $99,160, so most people doing this work in Virginia sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Virginia costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $53,121 rather than its face figure.
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 $53,519 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.
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 $71,360. 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 ($50,640 to $99,160) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Virginia rather than a national figure.
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 $53,121 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 $53,519 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.