Diagnostic Medical Sonographers in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,387
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$24,273
25.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,856
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
$95,660
Kept after tax
$71,387
Worth in national money
$70,856
State rank
27
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Virginia is 27 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $95,660. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Virginia reports, this job comes in at 95 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Virginia costs about what the country costs, so from $95,660, take-home of $71,387 is worth roughly $70,856 in national money. The average lands at $95,220, below the middle of the range.
- Virginia ranks 27 of 51 for diagnostic medical sonographers at $95,660. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Diagnostic medical sonographers ranks 95 of 489 occupations by median in 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.
- Price parity in Virginia is near the national base, so for diagnostic medical sonographers, whose median is $95,660, the adjusted figure of $70,856 differs little from $71,387 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $95,220 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $122,930 |
| This salary | $95,660 |
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 | $71,387 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,127 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,484 |
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 | $88,923 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,337 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $95,660 as a midpoint for Virginia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $77,540 and the ninetieth is $122,930 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Virginia's $71,387, worked from $95,660. 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 95 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Virginia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $70,856, the adjusted value of that $95,660 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 95 of 489 in the state.
- The Virginia median of $95,660 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $77,540 to $122,930. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Virginia take-home of $71,387, on $95,660 for work ranking 95 of 489 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 95 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Virginia, so $70,856 — the adjusted value of that $95,660 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 95 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $77,540 and the top tenth $122,930, so most people doing this work in Virginia sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $70,856 of national purchasing power.
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, $71,387 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($77,540 to $122,930) 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 $70,856 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 $71,387 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.