Engineers, All Other in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$104,775
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$43,385
29.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$103,996
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
$148,160
Kept after tax
$104,775
Worth in national money
$103,996
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Virginia pays engineers, all other a middle wage of $148,160, ranking 4 of 51 states and sitting about 20.52% above the national middle.
- Within Virginia this is well-paid work. Of 489 occupations with published figures in the state, engineers, all other ranks 21 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Virginia costs about what the country costs, so from $148,160, take-home of $104,775 is worth roughly $103,996 in national money. The average lands at $145,830, below the middle of the range.
- Virginia's median for engineers, all other is $148,160, about 20.52% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Virginia publishes a median for, engineers, all other sits 21 of 489 — 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.
- Price parity in Virginia is near the national base, so for engineers, all other, whose median is $148,160, the adjusted figure of $103,996 differs little from $104,775 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $145,830 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Engineers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $84,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $148,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $195,190 |
| This salary | $148,160 |
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 | $104,775 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $112,533 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,809 |
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 | $136,809 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$16,789 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Virginia earn less than $148,160. The published range is $84,590 up to $195,190, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $104,775 take-home in Virginia comes from $148,160. 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 489.
- Two cautions on $103,996, the adjusted value of that $148,160 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 21 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for engineers, all other in Virginia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $84,590 to $195,190. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $104,775, from $148,160, assumes a single 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 489 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 51 for it.
- This $103,996 adjusted figure, worked from $148,160, 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 21 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 21 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $84,590 and the top tenth $195,190 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $103,996 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Virginia then takes its own share, leaving $104,775.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($84,590) and the ninetieth ($195,190) 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 $103,996 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 $104,775 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.