First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers in District of Columbia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,477
after federal, FICA and District of Columbia tax
Tax takes
$11,193
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,043
District of Columbia costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in District of Columbia — 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
$56,670
Kept after tax
$45,477
Worth in national money
$41,043
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- District of Columbia is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $56,670, which ranks 6 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 16.63% above the national middle.
- Within District of Columbia this is lower-paid work. Of 390 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 298. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $56,670, tax leaves $45,477 — and because District of Columbia is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $41,043 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $63,030, since top earners drag the number up.
- District of Columbia ranks 6 of 51 states publishing a median for first-line supervisors of personal service workers, at $56,670 — about 16.63% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Against every occupation District of Columbia reports, first-line supervisors of personal service workers ranks 298 of 390, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After tax, $45,477 remains from the District of Columbia median of $56,670 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $41,043 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $63,030 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $84,610 |
| This salary | $56,670 |
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 District of Columbia | $45,477 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,714 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,058 |
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 | $53,886 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,746 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 111 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $56,670 as a midpoint for District of Columbia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,000 and the ninetieth is $84,610 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In District of Columbia the take-home figure of $45,477, from $56,670, 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 298 of 390 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $41,043, the adjusted value of that $56,670 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of District of Columbia. 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 298 of 390 locally.
- The District of Columbia median of $56,670 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,000 to $84,610. 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 District of Columbia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $45,477 from $56,670. 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 298 of 390 locally.
- This $41,043 adjusted figure, worked from $56,670, 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 298 of 390 in the state. The occupation ranks 298 of 390 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $63,030, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $46,000 at the bottom tenth to $84,610 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $41,043 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 District of Columbia adds its own income tax on top — which is why $45,477 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.
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 District of Columbia is $63,030. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,000 to $84,610) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to District of Columbia rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
District of Columbia's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $41,043 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 $45,477 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and District of Columbia 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.