Financial Examiners in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$88,818
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$24,882
21.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,813
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
$113,700
Kept after tax
$88,818
Worth in national money
$81,813
State rank
4
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for financial examiners is strong here. Washington's middle earner gets $113,700, putting the state 4 of 49 — about 20.75% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Washington this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, financial examiners ranks 76 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Washington is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $113,700 the take-home is $88,818; in national-average money that behaves like $81,813. The average comes to $119,420, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For financial examiners, Washington sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $113,700, ranking 4 of 49 and running about 20.75% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation Washington publishes a median for, financial examiners sits 76 of 493 — 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.
- Take-home for financial examiners in Washington, on $113,700, is $88,818; deflated by the state's price level, $81,813. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $119,420 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Financial Examiners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $74,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $113,700 |
| Top tenth earn over | $172,300 |
| This salary | $113,700 |
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 | $88,818 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $88,818 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,587 |
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 | $113,700 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,242 |
| 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 $113,700. The published range is $74,690 up to $172,300, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $88,818 take-home in Washington comes from $113,700. 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 76 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $81,813 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 76.
- Reported values are medians; for financial examiners in Washington the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $74,690 to $172,300. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $88,818, from $113,700, 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 76 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $81,813, worked from $113,700, 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 76 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $119,420, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $74,690 and the top tenth $172,300 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $81,813 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $88,818 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.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Washington is $119,420. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($74,690) and the ninetieth ($172,300) 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 $81,813 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 $88,818 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.