Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,028
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$14,212
21.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,633
Virginia costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in 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
$67,240
Kept after tax
$53,028
Worth in national money
$52,633
State rank
11
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Virginia pays this job a middle wage of $67,240, ranking 11 of 50 states and sitting about 7.96% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Virginia reports figures for, this is number 185.
- No great distortion either way. Virginia costs about what the country costs, so from $67,240, take-home of $53,028 is worth roughly $52,633 in national money. The average comes to $69,110, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Virginia's median for life, physical, and social science technicians, all other is $67,240, about 7.96% above the national figure and 11 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Virginia's occupational distribution, life, physical, and social science technicians, all other sits at 185 of 489 — 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.
- Price parity in Virginia is near the national base, so for life, physical, and social science technicians, all other, whose median is $67,240, the adjusted figure of $52,633 differs little from $53,028 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $69,110 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,890 |
| This salary | $67,240 |
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 Virginia | $53,028 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,133 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,132 |
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 | $63,283 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,298 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Virginia earn less than $67,240. The published range is $42,750 up to $104,890, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $53,028 take-home in Virginia comes from $67,240. 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 185 of 489.
- Two cautions on $52,633, the adjusted value of that $67,240 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of 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 185 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for life, physical, and social science technicians, all other in Virginia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $42,750 to $104,890. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $53,028, from $67,240, assumes a single 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 185 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 50 for it.
- This $52,633 adjusted figure, worked from $67,240, 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 185 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 185 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $42,750 at the bottom tenth to $104,890 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Virginia run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $52,633 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 Virginia's own levy, $53,028 remains.
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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($42,750) and the ninetieth ($104,890) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Virginia's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $52,633 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 $53,028 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and 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.