Electrical Engineers in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$84,315
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$29,105
25.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$93,922
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
$113,420
Kept after tax
$84,315
Worth in national money
$93,922
State rank
21
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. West Virginia is 21 of 49 states for electrical engineers, with a middle wage of $113,420. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within West Virginia this is well-paid work. Of 473 occupations with published figures in the state, electrical engineers ranks 21 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- West Virginia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $113,420 the take-home is $84,315; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $93,922 would nationally. The average comes to $114,260, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- West Virginia ranks 21 of 49 for electrical engineers at $113,420. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation West Virginia publishes a median for, electrical engineers sits 21 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 electrical engineers in West Virginia, on $113,420, is $84,315 — equivalent to $93,922 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 $114,260 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Electrical Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $76,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $113,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $156,250 |
| This salary | $113,420 |
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 | $84,315 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $88,621 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,724 |
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 | $107,300 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,763 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in West Virginia earn less than $113,420. The published range is $76,830 up to $156,250, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $84,315 take-home in West Virginia comes from $113,420. 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 21 of 473.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $93,922 uses one figure for the whole of West Virginia. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 473 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 21.
- Reported values are medians; for electrical engineers in West Virginia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $76,830 to $156,250. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $84,315, from $113,420, assumes a single West 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 21 of 473 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $93,922, worked from $113,420, 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 West Virginia address, on work sitting at 21 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $76,830 at the tenth percentile, $156,250 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in West Virginia sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $93,922 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 West Virginia adds its own income tax on top — which is why $84,315 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($76,830 to $156,250) 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 $93,922 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 $84,315 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.
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.