First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,921
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$8,629
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,646
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
$45,550
Kept after tax
$36,921
Worth in national money
$36,646
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Virginia pays this job a middle wage of $45,550, ranking 17 of 51 states and sitting about 3.33% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Virginia, this sits in the middle: 366 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Virginia costs about what the country costs, so from $45,550, take-home of $36,921 is worth roughly $36,646 in national money. The average comes to $46,810, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Virginia's median for first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers is $45,550, about 3.33% above the national figure and 17 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.
- First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers ranks 366 of 489 occupations in 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.
- Price parity in Virginia is near the national base, so for first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers, whose median is $45,550, the adjusted figure of $36,646 differs little from $36,921 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $46,810 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,250 |
| This salary | $45,550 |
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 | $36,921 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,779 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,260 |
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 | $43,237 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,943 |
| 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 $45,550. The published range is $32,030 up to $63,250, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $36,921 take-home in Virginia comes from $45,550. 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 366 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Virginia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $36,646, the adjusted value of that $45,550 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 366 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers in Virginia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $32,030 to $63,250. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $36,921, from $45,550, 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 366 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Virginia, so $36,646 — the adjusted value of that $45,550 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 366 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $32,030 and the top tenth $63,250, so most people doing this work in Virginia sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $36,646 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Virginia adds its own income tax on top — which is why $36,921 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($32,030 to $63,250) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Virginia rather than a national figure.
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 $36,646 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 $36,921 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.