Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$23,077
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$3,753
14.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$25,706
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
$26,830
Kept after tax
$23,077
Worth in national money
$25,706
State rank
51
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. West Virginia pays hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks a middle wage of $26,830, 51 of 51 states and about 23.5% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within West Virginia this is lower-paid work. Of 473 occupations the state publishes figures for, hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ranks 463. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $26,830 you keep $23,077 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $25,706 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $26,760.
- West Virginia's $26,830 median for hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks places it 51 of 51 states, about 23.5% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation West Virginia reports, hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ranks 463 of 473, 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.
- Retained pay in West Virginia is $23,077 after the full tax stack, from $26,830. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $25,706 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $26,760 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $22,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $26,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $32,870 |
| This salary | $26,830 |
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 | $23,077 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $23,705 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,312 |
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 | $26,068 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,549 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks in West Virginia earn under $26,830 and half over. The published range runs $22,380 at the tenth percentile to $32,870 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In West Virginia the take-home figure of $23,077, from $26,830, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 463 of 473 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $25,706 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 463.
- Figures are distribution medians for hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks in West Virginia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $22,380 to $32,870; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for West Virginia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $23,077 from $26,830. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 463 of 473 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $25,706, worked from $26,830, 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 463 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $22,380 at the bottom tenth to $32,870 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in West Virginia sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $25,706 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and West Virginia's own levy, $23,077 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($22,380 to $32,870) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to West Virginia rather than a national figure.
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 $25,706 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 $23,077 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.
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.