Information and Record Clerks, All Other in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,679
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$10,271
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,770
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
$54,950
Kept after tax
$44,679
Worth in national money
$49,770
State rank
8
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. West Virginia's middle earner gets $54,950, putting the state 8 of 50 — about 11.01% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in West Virginia, this sits in the middle: 205 of 473 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where West Virginia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $54,950 you keep $44,679, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $49,770 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $54,320, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For information and record clerks, all other, West Virginia sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $54,950, ranking 8 of 50 and running about 11.01% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Information and record clerks, all other ranks 205 of 473 occupations in West Virginia 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.
- After federal, FICA and West Virginia income tax, retained pay for information and record clerks, all other on $54,950 is $44,679. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $49,770 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 $54,320 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Information and Record Clerks, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $54,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,970 |
| This salary | $54,950 |
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 | $44,679 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,332 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,091 |
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 | $52,893 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,528 |
| 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 information and record clerks, all other in West Virginia earn under $54,950 and half over. The published range runs $36,260 at the tenth percentile to $74,970 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $44,679 take-home in West Virginia comes from $54,950. 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 205 of 473.
- Two cautions on $49,770, the adjusted value of that $54,950 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of West Virginia. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 205 of 473 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for information and record clerks, all other in West Virginia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,260 to $74,970; 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.
- Retained pay of $44,679, from $54,950, assumes a single West Virginia 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 205 of 473 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 50 for it.
- This $49,770 adjusted figure, worked from $54,950, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 205 of 473 in the state. The occupation ranks 205 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,260 and the top tenth $74,970, so most people doing this work in West Virginia sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. West Virginia is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $49,770 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; West Virginia then takes its own share, leaving $44,679.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,260 to $74,970) 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 $49,770 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 $44,679 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.