Natural Sciences Managers in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$106,283
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$44,287
29.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$105,493
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
$150,570
Kept after tax
$106,283
Worth in national money
$105,493
State rank
12
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Virginia pays natural sciences managers a middle wage of $150,570, ranking 12 of 48 states and sitting about 9.96% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Virginia. It ranks 20 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $150,570 the take-home is $106,283, which is worth about $105,493 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $150,440, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Virginia's median for natural sciences managers is $150,570, about 9.96% above the national figure and 12 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Virginia, natural sciences managers ranks 20 of 489 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.
- Virginia's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for natural sciences managers on its $150,570 median: $106,283 retained after tax becomes $105,493 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $150,440 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Natural Sciences Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $84,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $150,570 |
| Top tenth earn over | $212,620 |
| This salary | $150,570 |
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 | $106,283 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $114,181 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,007 |
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 | $139,016 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,070 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of natural sciences managers in Virginia earn under $150,570 and half over. The published range runs $84,080 at the tenth percentile to $212,620 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $106,283 take-home in Virginia comes from $150,570. 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 20 of 489.
- Two cautions on $105,493, the adjusted value of that $150,570 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Virginia. 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 20 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for natural sciences managers in Virginia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $84,080 to $212,620; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $106,283, from $150,570, assumes a single Virginia 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 20 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 48 for it.
- This $105,493 adjusted figure, worked from $150,570, 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 20 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 20 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $84,080, the highest tenth $212,620, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Virginia run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $105,493 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Virginia adds its own income tax on top — which is why $106,283 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($84,080) and the ninetieth ($212,620) 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?
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 $105,493 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 $106,283 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.
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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.