Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,231
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$7,859
15.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,821
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
$51,090
Kept after tax
$43,231
Worth in national money
$39,821
State rank
3
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Washington is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $51,090, which ranks 3 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 11.26% above the national middle.
- Within Washington this is lower-paid work. Of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 379. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $51,090, tax leaves $43,231 — and because Washington is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $39,821 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $53,640, since top earners drag the number up.
- Washington ranks 3 of 50 states publishing a median for interviewers, except eligibility and loan, at $51,090 — about 11.26% 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.
- Against every occupation Washington reports, interviewers, except eligibility and loan ranks 379 of 493, 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.
- After tax, $43,231 remains from the Washington median of $51,090 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $39,821 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $53,640 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,010 |
| This salary | $51,090 |
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 | $43,231 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,231 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,666 |
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 | $51,090 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,643 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
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 interviewers, except eligibility and loan in Washington earn under $51,090 and half over. The published range runs $42,110 at the tenth percentile to $63,010 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Washington's $43,231, worked from $51,090. 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 379 of 493.
- Two cautions on $39,821, the adjusted value of that $51,090 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Washington. 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 379 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for interviewers, except eligibility and loan in Washington, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $42,110 to $63,010; 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.
- The Washington take-home of $43,231, on $51,090 for work ranking 379 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 379 of 493 in the state.
- This $39,821 adjusted figure, worked from $51,090, 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 379 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 379 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $53,640, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $42,110 at the bottom tenth to $63,010 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Washington run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $39,821 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $43,231 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $53,640. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($42,110 to $63,010) 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 $39,821 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 $43,231 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.