Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other in District of Columbia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,923
after federal, FICA and District of Columbia tax
Tax takes
$10,997
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,542
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
$55,920
Kept after tax
$44,923
Worth in national money
$40,542
State rank
17
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 $55,920, which ranks 17 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 11.2% above the national middle.
- Within District of Columbia this is lower-paid work. Of 390 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 300. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $55,920, tax leaves $44,923 — and because District of Columbia is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $40,542 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $65,100, since top earners drag the number up.
- District of Columbia ranks 17 of 51 states publishing a median for health technologists and technicians, all other, at $55,920 — about 11.2% 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, health technologists and technicians, all other ranks 300 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, $44,923 remains from the District of Columbia median of $55,920 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $40,542 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $65,100 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,610 |
| This salary | $55,920 |
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 | $44,923 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,112 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,939 |
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 | $53,195 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,601 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 111 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $55,920 as a midpoint for District of Columbia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,840 and the ninetieth is $99,610 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $44,923 take-home in District of Columbia comes from $55,920. 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 300 of 390.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,542 uses one figure for the whole of District of Columbia. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 390 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 300.
- The District of Columbia median of $55,920 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,840 to $99,610. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $44,923, from $55,920, assumes a single District of Columbia 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 300 of 390 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,542, worked from $55,920, 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 District of Columbia address, on work sitting at 300 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 $65,100, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $46,840, the highest tenth $99,610, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $40,542 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 $44,923 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 $65,100. 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 ($46,840) and the ninetieth ($99,610) 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?
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 $40,542 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 $44,923 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.