Management Analysts in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$85,547
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$32,033
27.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$84,911
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
$117,580
Kept after tax
$85,547
Worth in national money
$84,911
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for management analysts is strong here. Virginia's middle earner gets $117,580, putting the state 4 of 51 — about 15.43% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Virginia this is well-paid work. Of 489 occupations with published figures in the state, management analysts ranks 52 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Virginia costs about what the country costs, so from $117,580, take-home of $85,547 is worth roughly $84,911 in national money. The average comes to $137,480, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For management analysts, Virginia sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $117,580, ranking 4 of 51 and running about 15.43% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Virginia publishes a median for, management analysts sits 52 of 489 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Price parity in Virginia is near the national base, so for management analysts, whose median is $117,580, the adjusted figure of $84,911 differs little from $85,547 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $137,480 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Management Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $117,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $174,700 |
| This salary | $117,580 |
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 | $85,547 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $91,548 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,298 |
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 | $109,051 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,843 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
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 management analysts in Virginia earn under $117,580 and half over. The published range runs $66,140 at the tenth percentile to $174,700 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Virginia the take-home figure of $85,547, from $117,580, 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 52 of 489 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $84,911 uses one figure for the whole of Virginia. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 52.
- Figures are distribution medians for management analysts in Virginia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $66,140 to $174,700; 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.
- Take-home for Virginia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $85,547 from $117,580. 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 52 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $84,911, worked from $117,580, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Virginia address, on work sitting at 52 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $137,480 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $66,140 and the top tenth $174,700 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Virginia costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $84,911 rather than its face figure.
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; Virginia then takes its own share, leaving $85,547.
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 Virginia is $137,480. 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 ($66,140) and the ninetieth ($174,700) 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 $84,911 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 $85,547 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.
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.