Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,797
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$25,593
25.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,248
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
$99,390
Kept after tax
$73,797
Worth in national money
$73,248
State rank
30
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Virginia pays this job around $99,390 at the midpoint, 30 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Virginia this is well-paid work. Of 489 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 83 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $99,390, tax leaves $73,797, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $73,248 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $91,040.
- For electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay the Virginia median is $99,390, ranking 30 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Virginia publishes a median for, electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay sits 83 of 489 — 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.
- Because Virginia sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay — median $99,390 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $73,797 retained, $73,248 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $91,040 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $118,850 |
| This salary | $99,390 |
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 | $73,797 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,751 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,792 |
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 | $92,348 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,764 |
| 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 $99,390. The published range is $63,270 up to $118,850, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $73,797 take-home in Virginia comes from $99,390. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 83 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $73,248 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 83.
- Reported values are medians; for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay in Virginia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $63,270 to $118,850. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $73,797, from $99,390, assumes a single Virginia filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 83 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $73,248, worked from $99,390, 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 83 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $91,040 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $63,270 at the bottom tenth to $118,850 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $73,248 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 $73,797.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $91,040. 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 ($63,270 to $118,850) 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 $73,248 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 $73,797 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.