Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,348
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$8,132
15.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,850
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — 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
$52,480
Kept after tax
$44,348
Worth in national money
$40,850
State rank
1
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Washington pays this job a middle wage of $52,480, ranking 1 of 48 states and sitting about 14.46% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 368 among 493 occupations Washington publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $52,480, tax leaves $44,348 — and because Washington is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $40,850 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $60,700, since top earners drag the number up.
- Washington's median for electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers, except coil winders, tapers, and finishers is $52,480, about 14.46% above the national figure and 1 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 368 of 493 in Washington places electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers, except coil winders, tapers, and finishers 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.
- After tax, $44,348 remains from the Washington median of $52,480 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $40,850 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $60,700 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $52,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,730 |
| This salary | $52,480 |
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 Washington | $44,348 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,348 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,787 |
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 | $52,480 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,789 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Washington earn less than $52,480. The published range is $41,090 up to $103,730, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $44,348 take-home in Washington comes from $52,480. 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 368 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,850 uses one figure for the whole of Washington. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 368.
- Reported values are medians; for electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers, except coil winders, tapers, and finishers in Washington the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $41,090 to $103,730. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $44,348, from $52,480, assumes a single Washington 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 368 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 1 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,850, worked from $52,480, 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 Washington address, on work sitting at 368 of 493 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 $60,700 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $41,090 and the top tenth $103,730 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Washington run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $40,850 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $44,348 of this wage reaches your account, because Washington takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
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 Washington is $60,700. 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 ($41,090) and the ninetieth ($103,730) 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?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $40,850 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $44,348 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.