Managers, All Other in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$123,469
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$40,691
24.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$113,732
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
$164,160
Kept after tax
$123,469
Worth in national money
$113,732
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Washington is one of the better-paying states for managers, all other. The middle earner takes $164,160, which ranks 9 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 15.69% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Washington. It ranks 19 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Washington is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $164,160 the take-home is $123,469; in national-average money that behaves like $113,732. The average comes to $173,260, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Washington ranks 9 of 51 states publishing a median for managers, all other, at $164,160 — about 15.69% 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.
- Within Washington, managers, all other ranks 19 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Take-home for managers, all other in Washington, on $164,160, is $123,469; deflated by the state's price level, $113,732. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $173,260 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Managers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $100,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $164,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $272,470 |
| This salary | $164,160 |
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 | $123,469 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $123,469 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,327 |
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 | $164,160 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$18,948 |
| 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 $164,160. The published range is $100,990 up to $272,470, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $123,469 take-home in Washington comes from $164,160. 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 19 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Washington, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $113,732, the adjusted value of that $164,160 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 19 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for managers, all other in Washington the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $100,990 to $272,470. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $123,469, from $164,160, 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 19 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Washington, so $113,732 — the adjusted value of that $164,160 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 19 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 $173,260, 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $100,990 and the top tenth $272,470 — 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. Washington costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $113,732 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $123,469 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 $173,260. 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 ($100,990) and the ninetieth ($272,470) 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 $113,732 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 $123,469 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.