Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,663
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$15,657
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,250
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
$71,320
Kept after tax
$55,663
Worth in national money
$55,250
State rank
34
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Virginia. The middle earner gets $71,320. That is 34 of 50 states, and about 3.74% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Virginia reports figures for, this is number 173.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $71,320, tax leaves $55,663, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $55,250 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $70,060.
- For electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment, Virginia sits in the lower band at $71,320, ranking 34 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 3.74%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Virginia's occupational distribution, electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment sits at 173 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 electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment — median $71,320 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $55,663 retained, $55,250 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $70,060 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,020 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $71,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $92,470 |
| This salary | $71,320 |
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 | $55,663 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $59,004 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,469 |
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 | $66,572 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,215 |
| 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 $71,320. The published range is $47,020 up to $92,470, 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 $55,663, worked from $71,320. 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 173 of 489.
- Two cautions on $55,250, the adjusted value of that $71,320 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Virginia. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 173 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment in Virginia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,020 to $92,470. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Virginia take-home of $55,663, on $71,320 for work ranking 173 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 173 of 489 in the state.
- This $55,250 adjusted figure, worked from $71,320, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 173 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 173 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $47,020 and the top tenth $92,470, so most people doing this work in Virginia sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $55,250 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $55,663 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,020 to $92,470) 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 $55,250 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 $55,663 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.