Glaziers in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,766
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$9,044
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,411
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
$49,810
Kept after tax
$40,766
Worth in national money
$45,411
State rank
33
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- West Virginia sits in the middle of the pack for glaziers. The median is $49,810, ranking 33 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in West Virginia, this sits in the middle: 240 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 $49,810 the take-home is $40,766; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $45,411 would nationally. The average comes to $50,550, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- West Virginia occupies the middle band for glaziers: a median of $49,810, ranking 33 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Glaziers ranks 240 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 glaziers in West Virginia, on $49,810, is $40,766 — equivalent to $45,411 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 $50,550 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 | $33,420 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $70,910 |
| This salary | $49,810 |
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 | $40,766 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,202 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,982 |
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 | $48,023 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,397 |
| 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 glaziers in West Virginia earn under $49,810 and half over. The published range runs $33,420 at the tenth percentile to $70,910 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $40,766 take-home in West Virginia comes from $49,810. 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 240 of 473.
- Two cautions on $45,411, the adjusted value of that $49,810 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 240 of 473 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for glaziers in West Virginia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,420 to $70,910; 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.
- Retained pay of $40,766, from $49,810, assumes a single West 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 240 of 473 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 50 for it.
- This $45,411 adjusted figure, worked from $49,810, 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 240 of 473 in the state. The occupation ranks 240 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $33,420, the highest tenth $70,910, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $45,411.
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; West Virginia then takes its own share, leaving $40,766.
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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($33,420) and the ninetieth ($70,910) 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 $45,411 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 $40,766 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.