Marriage and Family Therapists in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,390
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$9,610
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,416
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
$60,000
Kept after tax
$50,390
Worth in national money
$46,416
State rank
30
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Washington pays marriage and family therapists around $60,000 at the midpoint, 30 of 45 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Marriage and family therapists ranks 312 among 493 occupations Washington publishes pay for.
- Washington is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $60,000 the take-home is $50,390; in national-average money that behaves like $46,416. The average comes to $68,080, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For marriage and family therapists the Washington median is $60,000, ranking 30 of 45 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 312 of 493 in Washington places marriage and family therapists 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 marriage and family therapists in Washington, on $60,000, is $50,390; deflated by the state's price level, $46,416. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $68,080 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Marriage and Family Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $55,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,740 |
| This salary | $60,000 |
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 | $50,390 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,390 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,439 |
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 | $60,000 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,578 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,000 as a midpoint for Washington, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $55,690 and the ninetieth is $103,740 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $50,390 take-home in Washington comes from $60,000. 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 312 of 493.
- Two cautions on $46,416, the adjusted value of that $60,000 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 312 of 493 locally.
- The Washington median of $60,000 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $55,690 to $103,740. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $50,390, from $60,000, 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 312 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 45 for it.
- This $46,416 adjusted figure, worked from $60,000, 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 312 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 312 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $68,080, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $55,690 and the top tenth $103,740 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $46,416 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $50,390 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $68,080. 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 ($55,690) and the ninetieth ($103,740) 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 $46,416 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 $50,390 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.
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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.