Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,138
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$12,942
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,192
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
$66,080
Kept after tax
$53,138
Worth in national money
$59,192
State rank
26
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. West Virginia is 26 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $66,080. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 129 among 473 occupations West Virginia publishes pay for.
- Here is where West Virginia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $66,080 you keep $53,138, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $59,192 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $86,540, because the best-paid pull it up.
- West Virginia ranks 26 of 49 for healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other at $66,080. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 129 of 473 in West Virginia places healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and West Virginia income tax, retained pay for healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other on $66,080 is $53,138. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $59,192 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $86,540 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $166,740 |
| This salary | $66,080 |
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 | $53,138 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,275 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,310 |
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 | $63,420 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,131 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in West Virginia earn less than $66,080. The published range is $32,870 up to $166,740, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind West Virginia's $53,138, worked from $66,080. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 129 of 473.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $59,192 uses one figure for the whole of West Virginia. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 473 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 129.
- Reported values are medians; for healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other in West Virginia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $32,870 to $166,740. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The West Virginia take-home of $53,138, on $66,080 for work ranking 129 of 473 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 129 of 473 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $59,192, worked from $66,080, 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 West Virginia address, on work sitting at 129 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $86,540, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $32,870 and the top tenth $166,740 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $59,192.
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 West Virginia adds its own income tax on top — which is why $53,138 of this wage survives to your account.
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 49 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 West Virginia is $86,540. 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 ($32,870) and the ninetieth ($166,740) 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 $59,192 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 $53,138 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.