Education Teachers, Postsecondary in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,371
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$17,689
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,930
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
$77,060
Kept after tax
$59,371
Worth in national money
$58,930
State rank
17
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Virginia sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $77,060, ranking 17 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Virginia reports figures for, this is number 149.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $77,060, tax leaves $59,371, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $58,930 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $81,190, since top earners drag the number up.
- Virginia occupies the middle band for education teachers, postsecondary: a median of $77,060, ranking 17 of 49. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Virginia's occupational distribution, education teachers, postsecondary sits at 149 of 489 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Virginia sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for education teachers, postsecondary — median $77,060 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $59,371 retained, $58,930 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $81,190 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Education Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,650 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $124,330 |
| This salary | $77,060 |
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 | $59,371 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,042 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,944 |
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 | $71,843 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,211 |
| 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 $77,060. The published range is $41,650 up to $124,330, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Virginia the take-home figure of $59,371, from $77,060, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 149 of 489 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Virginia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $58,930, the adjusted value of that $77,060 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 149 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for education teachers, postsecondary in Virginia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $41,650 to $124,330. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Virginia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $59,371 from $77,060. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 149 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Virginia, so $58,930 — the adjusted value of that $77,060 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 149 of 489 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 $81,190, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $41,650, the highest tenth $124,330, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Virginia run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $58,930 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $59,371 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $81,190. 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 ($41,650) and the ninetieth ($124,330) 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 $58,930 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 $59,371 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.