Glaziers in California
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,585
after federal, FICA and California tax
Tax takes
$12,455
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,821
California costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in California — 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
$64,040
Kept after tax
$51,585
Worth in national money
$45,821
State rank
8
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for glaziers is strong here. California's middle earner gets $64,040, putting the state 8 of 50 — about 12.19% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations California reports figures for, this is number 266.
- California is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $64,040 the take-home is $51,585; in national-average money that behaves like $45,821. The average comes to $75,020, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For glaziers, California sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $64,040, ranking 8 of 50 and running about 12.19% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In California's occupational distribution, glaziers sits at 266 of 492 — 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 glaziers in California, on $64,040, is $51,585; deflated by the state's price level, $45,821. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $75,020 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Glaziers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $121,620 |
| This salary | $64,040 |
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 California | $51,585 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,636 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,375 |
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 | $61,488 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,338 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 113 |
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 glaziers in California earn under $64,040 and half over. The published range runs $47,890 at the tenth percentile to $121,620 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In California the take-home figure of $51,585, from $64,040, 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 266 of 492 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,821 uses one figure for the whole of California. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 492 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 266.
- Figures are distribution medians for glaziers in California, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,890 to $121,620; 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 California is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $51,585 from $64,040. 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 266 of 492 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,821, worked from $64,040, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular California address, on work sitting at 266 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $75,020, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $47,890 at the bottom tenth to $121,620 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. California costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $45,821 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; California then takes its own share, leaving $51,585.
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 California is $75,020. 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 ($47,890) and the ninetieth ($121,620) 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?
California's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $45,821 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 $51,585 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and California 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.