Information and Record Clerks, All Other in District of Columbia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,284
after federal, FICA and District of Columbia tax
Tax takes
$15,206
21.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,894
District of Columbia costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in District of Columbia — 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
$70,490
Kept after tax
$55,284
Worth in national money
$49,894
State rank
1
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- District of Columbia is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $70,490, which ranks 1 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 42.4% above the national middle.
- Against other work in District of Columbia, this sits in the middle: 233 of 390 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- District of Columbia is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $70,490 the take-home is $55,284; in national-average money that behaves like $49,894. The average comes to $71,350, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- District of Columbia ranks 1 of 50 states publishing a median for information and record clerks, all other, at $70,490 — about 42.4% 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.
- Information and record clerks, all other ranks 233 of 390 occupations in District of Columbia by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Take-home for information and record clerks, all other in District of Columbia, on $70,490, is $55,284; deflated by the state's price level, $49,894. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $71,350 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Information and Record Clerks, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $70,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $91,790 |
| This salary | $70,490 |
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 District of Columbia | $55,284 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,420 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,224 |
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 | $66,091 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,862 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 111 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $70,490 as a midpoint for District of Columbia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $51,440 and the ninetieth is $91,790 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind District of Columbia's $55,284, worked from $70,490. 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 233 of 390.
- One number stands for prices across all of District of Columbia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $49,894, the adjusted value of that $70,490 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 233 of 390 in the state.
- The District of Columbia median of $70,490 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $51,440 to $91,790. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The District of Columbia take-home of $55,284, on $70,490 for work ranking 233 of 390 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 233 of 390 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for District of Columbia, so $49,894 — the adjusted value of that $70,490 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 233 of 390 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $51,440 at the tenth percentile, $91,790 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. District of Columbia costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $49,894 rather than its face figure.
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 District of Columbia's own levy, $55,284 remains.
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 ($51,440 to $91,790) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to District of Columbia rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
District of Columbia's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $49,894 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $55,284 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and District of Columbia 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.