Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,068
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$17,522
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,629
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
$76,590
Kept after tax
$59,068
Worth in national money
$58,629
State rank
46
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Virginia pays this job a middle wage of $76,590, 46 of 51 states and about 19.65% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Virginia reports figures for, this is number 153.
- No great distortion either way. Virginia costs about what the country costs, so from $76,590, take-home of $59,068 is worth roughly $58,629 in national money. The average comes to $78,430, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Virginia's $76,590 median for electrical power-line installers and repairers places it 46 of 51 states, about 19.65% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In Virginia's occupational distribution, electrical power-line installers and repairers sits at 153 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.
- Price parity in Virginia is near the national base, so for electrical power-line installers and repairers, whose median is $76,590, the adjusted figure of $58,629 differs little from $59,068 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $78,430 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,590 |
| Top tenth earn over | $106,860 |
| This salary | $76,590 |
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 | $59,068 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,711 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,906 |
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 | $71,411 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,157 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of electrical power-line installers and repairers in Virginia earn under $76,590 and half over. The published range runs $49,520 at the tenth percentile to $106,860 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Virginia's $59,068, worked from $76,590. 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 153 of 489.
- Two cautions on $58,629, the adjusted value of that $76,590 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 153 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical power-line installers and repairers in Virginia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,520 to $106,860; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Virginia take-home of $59,068, on $76,590 for work ranking 153 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 153 of 489 in the state.
- This $58,629 adjusted figure, worked from $76,590, 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 153 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 153 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $49,520 at the bottom tenth to $106,860 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Virginia costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $58,629 rather than its face figure.
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, $59,068 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($49,520) and the ninetieth ($106,860) 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 $58,629 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 $59,068 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.