History Teachers, Postsecondary in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$67,396
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$15,854
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,081
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
$83,250
Kept after tax
$67,396
Worth in national money
$62,081
State rank
19
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Washington is 19 of 45 states for this job, with a middle wage of $83,250. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Washington reports figures for, this is number 173.
- Washington is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $83,250 the take-home is $67,396; in national-average money that behaves like $62,081. The average comes to $87,590, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Washington ranks 19 of 45 for history teachers, postsecondary at $83,250. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Washington's occupational distribution, history teachers, postsecondary sits at 173 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.
- Take-home for history teachers, postsecondary in Washington, on $83,250, is $67,396; deflated by the state's price level, $62,081. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $87,590 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: History Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,340 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $83,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,530 |
| This salary | $83,250 |
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 | $67,396 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,396 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,275 |
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 | $83,250 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,049 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $83,250 as a midpoint for Washington, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $54,340 and the ninetieth is $127,530 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $67,396 take-home in Washington comes from $83,250. 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 173 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Washington, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $62,081, the adjusted value of that $83,250 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 173 of 493 in the state.
- The Washington median of $83,250 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $54,340 to $127,530. 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 $67,396, from $83,250, 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 173 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 19 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Washington, so $62,081 — the adjusted value of that $83,250 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 173 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $87,590, 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 $54,340 at the bottom tenth to $127,530 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $62,081 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $67,396 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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 45 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 Washington is $87,590. 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 ($54,340) and the ninetieth ($127,530) 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 $62,081 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 $67,396 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.
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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.