Loan Interviewers and Clerks in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,378
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$9,362
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,483
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
$58,740
Kept after tax
$49,378
Worth in national money
$45,483
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Washington pays loan interviewers and clerks a middle wage of $58,740, ranking 6 of 51 states and sitting about 17.43% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Loan interviewers and clerks ranks 332 among 493 occupations Washington publishes pay for.
- Washington is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $58,740 the take-home is $49,378; in national-average money that behaves like $45,483. The average comes to $59,300, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Washington's median for loan interviewers and clerks is $58,740, about 17.43% above the national figure and 6 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 332 of 493 in Washington places loan interviewers and clerks in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Take-home for loan interviewers and clerks in Washington, on $58,740, is $49,378; deflated by the state's price level, $45,483. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $59,300 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Loan Interviewers and Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,520 |
| This salary | $58,740 |
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 | $49,378 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,378 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,330 |
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 | $58,740 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,446 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Washington earn less than $58,740. The published range is $46,580 up to $75,520, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $49,378 take-home in Washington comes from $58,740. 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 332 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Washington, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $45,483, the adjusted value of that $58,740 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 332 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for loan interviewers and clerks in Washington the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,580 to $75,520. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $49,378, from $58,740, assumes a single Washington 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 332 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Washington, so $45,483 — the adjusted value of that $58,740 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 332 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $46,580 at the tenth percentile, $75,520 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Washington costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $45,483 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $49,378 of this wage reaches your account, because Washington takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,580 to $75,520) 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 $45,483 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 $49,378 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.
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.