Financial Specialists, All Other in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,764
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$15,166
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,578
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
$80,930
Kept after tax
$65,764
Worth in national money
$60,578
State rank
19
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Washington pays financial specialists, all other around $80,930 at the midpoint, 19 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Washington reports figures for, this is number 184.
- Washington is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $80,930 the take-home is $65,764; in national-average money that behaves like $60,578. The average comes to $89,090, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For financial specialists, all other the Washington median is $80,930, ranking 19 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Washington's occupational distribution, financial specialists, all other sits at 184 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.
- Take-home for financial specialists, all other in Washington, on $80,930, is $65,764; deflated by the state's price level, $60,578. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $89,090 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Financial Specialists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $131,730 |
| This salary | $80,930 |
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 | $65,764 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,764 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,099 |
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 | $80,930 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,805 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
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 financial specialists, all other in Washington earn under $80,930 and half over. The published range runs $51,850 at the tenth percentile to $131,730 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $65,764 take-home in Washington comes from $80,930. 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 184 of 493.
- Two cautions on $60,578, the adjusted value of that $80,930 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Washington. 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 184 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for financial specialists, all other in Washington, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $51,850 to $131,730; 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.
- Retained pay of $65,764, from $80,930, 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 184 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 19 of 50 for it.
- This $60,578 adjusted figure, worked from $80,930, 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 184 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 184 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $89,090 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $51,850 at the bottom tenth to $131,730 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $60,578 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $65,764 survives, because Washington levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $89,090. 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 ($51,850) and the ninetieth ($131,730) 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 $60,578 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 $65,764 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.