Dietitians and Nutritionists in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,578
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$17,802
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,135
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
$77,380
Kept after tax
$59,578
Worth in national money
$59,135
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for dietitians and nutritionists is strong here. Virginia's middle earner gets $77,380, putting the state 15 of 51 — about 1.28% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Dietitians and nutritionists ranks 147 among 489 occupations Virginia publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $77,380 the take-home is $59,578, which is worth about $59,135 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $75,730, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For dietitians and nutritionists, Virginia sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $77,380, ranking 15 of 51 and running about 1.28% 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.
- Position 147 of 489 in Virginia places dietitians and nutritionists 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.
- Virginia's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for dietitians and nutritionists on its $77,380 median: $59,578 retained after tax becomes $59,135 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $75,730 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Dietitians and Nutritionists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,380 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,130 |
| This salary | $77,380 |
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 | $59,578 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,267 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,971 |
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 | $72,137 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,248 |
| 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 $77,380. The published range is $44,940 up to $103,130, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Virginia's $59,578, worked from $77,380. 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 147 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $59,135 uses one figure for the whole of Virginia. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 147.
- Reported values are medians; for dietitians and nutritionists in Virginia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $44,940 to $103,130. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Virginia take-home of $59,578, on $77,380 for work ranking 147 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 147 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $59,135, worked from $77,380, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Virginia address, on work sitting at 147 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 $44,940 and the top tenth $103,130 — 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 $59,135 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Virginia then takes its own share, leaving $59,578.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($44,940) and the ninetieth ($103,130) 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 $59,135 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 $59,578 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.