Lodging Managers in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,130
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$21,220
20.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,810
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
$101,350
Kept after tax
$80,130
Worth in national money
$73,810
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Washington pays lodging managers a middle wage of $101,350, ranking 4 of 51 states and sitting about 46.35% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Washington reports, lodging managers comes in at 112 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $101,350 the take-home is $80,130. But Washington costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $73,810 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $119,330, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Washington's median for lodging managers is $101,350, about 46.35% above the national figure and 4 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.
- Lodging managers ranks 112 of 493 occupations by median in Washington, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Washington income tax is $80,130 for lodging managers, from $101,350. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $73,810. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $119,330 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Lodging Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $69,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $190,480 |
| This salary | $101,350 |
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 | $80,130 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,130 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,649 |
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 | $101,350 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,947 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $101,350 as a midpoint for Washington, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $69,530 and the ninetieth is $190,480 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Washington the take-home figure of $80,130, from $101,350, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 112 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $73,810, the adjusted value of that $101,350 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 112 of 493 locally.
- The Washington median of $101,350 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $69,530 to $190,480. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Washington is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $80,130 from $101,350. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 112 of 493 locally.
- This $73,810 adjusted figure, worked from $101,350, 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 112 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 112 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 $119,330, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $69,530 at the bottom tenth to $190,480 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 Washington run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $73,810 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $80,130 survives, because Washington levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $119,330. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($69,530) and the ninetieth ($190,480) 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?
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 $73,810 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 $80,130 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.