Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,476
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$10,854
16.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,101
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
$66,330
Kept after tax
$55,476
Worth in national money
$51,101
State rank
4
of 50 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 $66,330, ranking 4 of 50 states and sitting about 22.36% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Washington reports figures for, this is number 266.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $66,330, tax leaves $55,476 — and because Washington is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $51,101 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $65,660.
- Washington's median for eligibility interviewers, government programs is $66,330, about 22.36% above the national figure and 4 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Washington's occupational distribution, eligibility interviewers, government programs sits at 266 of 493 — 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.
- After tax, $55,476 remains from the Washington median of $66,330 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $51,101 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $65,660 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,690 |
| This salary | $66,330 |
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 | $55,476 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,476 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,988 |
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 | $66,330 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,242 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $66,330 as a midpoint for Washington, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $52,370 and the ninetieth is $76,690 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Washington's $55,476, worked from $66,330. 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 266 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $51,101 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 266.
- The Washington median of $66,330 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $52,370 to $76,690. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Washington take-home of $55,476, on $66,330 for work ranking 266 of 493 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 266 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $51,101, worked from $66,330, 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 266 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $52,370 at the bottom tenth to $76,690 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Washington costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $51,101 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $55,476 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($52,370 to $76,690) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Washington rather than a national figure.
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 $51,101 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 $55,476 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.