First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,007
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$10,373
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,134
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
$55,380
Kept after tax
$45,007
Worth in national money
$50,134
State rank
49
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in West Virginia. The middle earner gets $55,380. That is 49 of 50 states, and about 40.79% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in West Virginia, this sits in the middle: 202 of 473 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- West Virginia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $55,380 the take-home is $45,007; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $50,134 would nationally. The average lands at $54,400, below the middle of the range.
- For first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers, West Virginia sits in the lower band at $55,380, ranking 49 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 40.79%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers ranks 202 of 473 occupations in West Virginia by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers in West Virginia, on $55,380, is $45,007 — equivalent to $50,134 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 $54,400 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,380 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,840 |
| This salary | $55,380 |
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 | $45,007 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,678 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,100 |
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 | $53,300 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,539 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $55,380 as a midpoint for West Virginia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,160 and the ninetieth is $72,840 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In West Virginia the take-home figure of $45,007, from $55,380, 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 202 of 473 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $50,134, the adjusted value of that $55,380 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 202 of 473 locally.
- The West Virginia median of $55,380 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,160 to $72,840. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for West Virginia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $45,007 from $55,380. 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 202 of 473 locally.
- This $50,134 adjusted figure, worked from $55,380, 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 202 of 473 in the state. The occupation ranks 202 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,160 at the bottom tenth to $72,840 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $50,134.
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, $45,007 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,160 to $72,840) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to West Virginia rather than a national figure.
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 $50,134 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 $45,007 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.