Medical Equipment Preparers in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,689
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$8,891
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,409
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
$46,580
Kept after tax
$37,689
Worth in national money
$37,409
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Virginia sits in the middle of the pack for medical equipment preparers. The median is $46,580, ranking 29 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Virginia reports figures for, this is number 351.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $46,580, tax leaves $37,689, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $37,409 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $47,510, since top earners drag the number up.
- Virginia occupies the middle band for medical equipment preparers: a median of $46,580, ranking 29 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Virginia's occupational distribution, medical equipment preparers sits at 351 of 489 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Virginia sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for medical equipment preparers — median $46,580 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $37,689 retained, $37,409 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $47,510 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Medical Equipment Preparers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,280 |
| This salary | $46,580 |
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 | $37,689 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,607 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,349 |
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 | $44,193 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,051 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,580 as a midpoint for Virginia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,320 and the ninetieth is $61,280 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Virginia's $37,689, worked from $46,580. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 351 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $37,409 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 351.
- The Virginia median of $46,580 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,320 to $61,280. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Virginia take-home of $37,689, on $46,580 for work ranking 351 of 489 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 351 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $37,409, worked from $46,580, 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 351 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,320 at the tenth percentile, $61,280 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $37,409 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Virginia's own levy, $37,689 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,320 to $61,280) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Virginia rather than a national figure.
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 $37,409 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 $37,689 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.