Financial Specialists, All Other in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,413
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$19,787
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,979
West Virginia costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in West 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
$86,200
Kept after tax
$66,413
Worth in national money
$73,979
State rank
13
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. West Virginia pays financial specialists, all other a middle wage of $86,200, ranking 13 of 50 states and sitting about 6.29% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 473 occupations West Virginia reports, financial specialists, all other comes in at 56 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- West Virginia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $86,200 the take-home is $66,413; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $73,979 would nationally. The average comes to $86,520, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- West Virginia's median for financial specialists, all other is $86,200, about 6.29% above the national figure and 13 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.
- Financial specialists, all other ranks 56 of 473 occupations by median in West Virginia, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for financial specialists, all other in West Virginia, on $86,200, is $66,413 — equivalent to $73,979 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $86,520 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 | $51,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $86,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $119,430 |
| This salary | $86,200 |
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 West Virginia | $66,413 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $69,472 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,488 |
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 | $81,852 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,437 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
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 West Virginia earn under $86,200 and half over. The published range runs $51,630 at the tenth percentile to $119,430 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In West Virginia the take-home figure of $66,413, from $86,200, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 56 of 473 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $73,979, the adjusted value of that $86,200 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of West 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 56 of 473 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for financial specialists, all other in West Virginia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $51,630 to $119,430; 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.
- Take-home for West Virginia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $66,413 from $86,200. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 56 of 473 locally.
- This $73,979 adjusted figure, worked from $86,200, 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 56 of 473 in the state. The occupation ranks 56 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $51,630 at the bottom tenth to $119,430 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $73,979.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and West Virginia's own levy, $66,413 remains.
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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($51,630) and the ninetieth ($119,430) 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.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
West Virginia's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $73,979 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $66,413 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and West 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.
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.