Electricians in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,817
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$19,403
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,838
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
$95,220
Kept after tax
$75,817
Worth in national money
$69,838
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Washington pays electricians a middle wage of $95,220, ranking 4 of 51 states and sitting about 50.69% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Electricians ranks 143 among 493 occupations Washington publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $95,220 the take-home is $75,817. But Washington costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $69,838 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $94,470, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Washington's median for electricians is $95,220, about 50.69% above the national figure and 4 of 51 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 143 of 493 in Washington places electricians 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Washington income tax is $75,817 for electricians, from $95,220. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $69,838. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $94,470 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Electricians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,170 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,950 |
| This salary | $95,220 |
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 | $75,817 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,817 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,184 |
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 | $95,220 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,304 |
| 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 $95,220. The published range is $52,170 up to $133,950, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $75,817 take-home in Washington comes from $95,220. 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 143 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Washington, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $69,838, the adjusted value of that $95,220 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 143 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for electricians in Washington the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $52,170 to $133,950. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $75,817, from $95,220, 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 143 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Washington, so $69,838 — the adjusted value of that $95,220 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 143 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $52,170 at the bottom tenth to $133,950 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $69,838 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $75,817 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.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($52,170) and the ninetieth ($133,950) 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 $69,838 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 $75,817 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.
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.