Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,173
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$9,557
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,216
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
$59,730
Kept after tax
$50,173
Worth in national money
$46,216
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Washington pays this job a middle wage of $59,730, ranking 4 of 51 states and sitting about 60.65% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Washington reports figures for, this is number 318.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $59,730, tax leaves $50,173 — and because Washington is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $46,216 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $60,560, since top earners drag the number up.
- Washington's median for motor vehicle operators, all other is $59,730, about 60.65% above the national figure and 4 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Washington's occupational distribution, motor vehicle operators, all other sits at 318 of 493 — 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.
- After tax, $50,173 remains from the Washington median of $59,730 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $46,216 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $60,560 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,390 |
| This salary | $59,730 |
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 | $50,173 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,173 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,416 |
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 | $59,730 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,550 |
| 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 $59,730. The published range is $39,380 up to $80,390, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $50,173 take-home in Washington comes from $59,730. 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 318 of 493.
- Two cautions on $46,216, the adjusted value of that $59,730 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 318 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for motor vehicle operators, all other in Washington the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,380 to $80,390. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $50,173, from $59,730, 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 318 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 51 for it.
- This $46,216 adjusted figure, worked from $59,730, 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 318 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 318 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $39,380 at the bottom tenth to $80,390 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $46,216 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $50,173 of this wage reaches your account, because Washington takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,380 to $80,390) 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 $46,216 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 $50,173 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.