Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,957
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$7,303
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,727
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
$48,260
Kept after tax
$40,957
Worth in national money
$37,727
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Washington is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $48,260, which ranks 6 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 8.09% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Washington, this one sits low: 410 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Washington is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $48,260 the take-home is $40,957; in national-average money that behaves like $37,727. The average comes to $51,280, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Washington ranks 6 of 51 states publishing a median for miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators, at $48,260 — about 8.09% 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.
- Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators occupies position 410 of 493 in Washington's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Take-home for miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators in Washington, on $48,260, is $40,957; deflated by the state's price level, $37,727. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $51,280 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,420 |
| This salary | $48,260 |
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 | $40,957 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,957 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,421 |
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 | $48,260 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,347 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,260 as a midpoint for Washington, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,160 and the ninetieth is $63,420 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Washington the take-home figure of $40,957, from $48,260, 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 410 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Washington, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $37,727, the adjusted value of that $48,260 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 410 of 493 in the state.
- The Washington median of $48,260 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,160 to $63,420. 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 $40,957 from $48,260. 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 410 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Washington, so $37,727 — the adjusted value of that $48,260 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 410 of 493 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 $51,280 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,160 at the tenth percentile, $63,420 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 $37,727 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $40,957 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $51,280. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,160 to $63,420) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Washington rather than a national figure.
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 $37,727 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 $40,957 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.