Dietitians and Nutritionists in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$68,544
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$20,896
23.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,353
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
$89,440
Kept after tax
$68,544
Worth in national money
$76,353
State rank
2
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. West Virginia pays dietitians and nutritionists a middle wage of $89,440, ranking 2 of 51 states and sitting about 17.07% above the national middle.
- Within West Virginia this is well-paid work. Of 473 occupations with published figures in the state, dietitians and nutritionists ranks 52 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- West Virginia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $89,440 the take-home is $68,544; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $76,353 would nationally. The average lands at $81,860, below the middle of the range.
- West Virginia's median for dietitians and nutritionists is $89,440, about 17.07% above the national figure and 2 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation West Virginia publishes a median for, dietitians and nutritionists sits 52 of 473 — 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.
- Post-tax income for dietitians and nutritionists in West Virginia, on $89,440, is $68,544 — equivalent to $76,353 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 $81,860 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Dietitians and Nutritionists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $55,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $89,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,130 |
| This salary | $89,440 |
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 | $68,544 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $71,751 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,516 |
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 | $84,881 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,476 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $89,440 as a midpoint for West Virginia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $55,350 and the ninetieth is $103,130 — 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 West Virginia's $68,544, worked from $89,440. 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 52 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 $76,353, the adjusted value of that $89,440 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 52 of 473 in the state.
- The West Virginia median of $89,440 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $55,350 to $103,130. 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 West Virginia take-home of $68,544, on $89,440 for work ranking 52 of 473 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 52 of 473 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for West Virginia, so $76,353 — the adjusted value of that $89,440 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 52 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $81,860, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $55,350 at the bottom tenth to $103,130 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $76,353 in national terms.
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 West Virginia's own levy, $68,544 remains.
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 West Virginia is $81,860. 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 ($55,350 to $103,130) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to West Virginia rather than a national figure.
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 $76,353 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 $68,544 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.