Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,069
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$10,021
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,963
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — 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
$62,090
Kept after tax
$52,069
Worth in national money
$47,963
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Washington pays this job a middle wage of $62,090, ranking 3 of 51 states and sitting about 23.46% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Washington reports figures for, this is number 294.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $62,090 the take-home is $52,069. But Washington costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $47,963 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $71,840, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Washington's median for health technologists and technicians, all other is $62,090, about 23.46% above the national figure and 3 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.
- In Washington's occupational distribution, health technologists and technicians, all other sits at 294 of 493 — 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Washington income tax is $52,069 for health technologists and technicians, all other, from $62,090. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $47,963. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $71,840 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $105,650 |
| This salary | $62,090 |
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 Washington | $52,069 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,069 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,620 |
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 | $62,090 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,797 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $62,090 as a midpoint for Washington, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,990 and the ninetieth is $105,650 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $52,069 take-home in Washington comes from $62,090. 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 294 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Washington, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $47,963, the adjusted value of that $62,090 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 294 of 493 in the state.
- The Washington median of $62,090 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,990 to $105,650. 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 $52,069, from $62,090, assumes a single Washington 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 294 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Washington, so $47,963 — the adjusted value of that $62,090 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 294 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $71,840 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $46,990 at the bottom tenth to $105,650 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. Washington costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $47,963 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $52,069 survives, because Washington levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 Washington is $71,840. 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 ($46,990) and the ninetieth ($105,650) 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?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $47,963 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $52,069 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.