Home Appliance Repairers in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,871
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$9,239
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,017
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
$58,110
Kept after tax
$48,871
Worth in national money
$45,017
State rank
10
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Washington is one of the better-paying states for home appliance repairers. The middle earner takes $58,110, which ranks 10 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 13.96% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Washington reports figures for, this is number 337.
- Washington is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $58,110 the take-home is $48,871; in national-average money that behaves like $45,017. The average lands at $56,920, below the middle of the range.
- Washington ranks 10 of 50 states publishing a median for home appliance repairers, at $58,110 — about 13.96% 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.
- In Washington's occupational distribution, home appliance repairers sits at 337 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 home appliance repairers in Washington, on $58,110, is $48,871; deflated by the state's price level, $45,017. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $56,920 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Home Appliance Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,250 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $68,230 |
| This salary | $58,110 |
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 | $48,871 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,871 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,275 |
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 | $58,110 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,380 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Washington earn less than $58,110. The published range is $43,250 up to $68,230, 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 Washington's $48,871, worked from $58,110. 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 337 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,017 uses one figure for the whole of Washington. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 337.
- Reported values are medians; for home appliance repairers in Washington the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $43,250 to $68,230. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Washington take-home of $48,871, on $58,110 for work ranking 337 of 493 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 337 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,017, worked from $58,110, 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 Washington address, on work sitting at 337 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $43,250 at the tenth percentile, $68,230 at the ninetieth.
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 $45,017 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $48,871 survives, because Washington levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($43,250 to $68,230) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Washington rather than a national figure.
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 $45,017 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 $48,871 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.