Network and Computer Systems Administrators in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,399
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$29,211
26.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,801
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
$109,610
Kept after tax
$80,399
Worth in national money
$79,801
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Virginia pays this job a middle wage of $109,610, ranking 5 of 51 states and sitting about 10.57% above the national middle.
- Within Virginia this is well-paid work. Of 489 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 57 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Virginia costs about what the country costs, so from $109,610, take-home of $80,399 is worth roughly $79,801 in national money. The average comes to $116,130, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Virginia's median for network and computer systems administrators is $109,610, about 10.57% above the national figure and 5 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Virginia publishes a median for, network and computer systems administrators sits 57 of 489 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Price parity in Virginia is near the national base, so for network and computer systems administrators, whose median is $109,610, the adjusted figure of $79,801 differs little from $80,399 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $116,130 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: Network and Computer Systems Administrators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $69,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $109,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $170,110 |
| This salary | $109,610 |
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 | $80,399 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $85,941 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,638 |
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 | $101,732 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,932 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Virginia earn less than $109,610. The published range is $69,580 up to $170,110, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Virginia's $80,399, worked from $109,610. 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 57 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Virginia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $79,801, the adjusted value of that $109,610 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 57 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for network and computer systems administrators in Virginia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $69,580 to $170,110. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Virginia take-home of $80,399, on $109,610 for work ranking 57 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 57 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Virginia, so $79,801 — the adjusted value of that $109,610 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 57 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $116,130, 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 $69,580 and the top tenth $170,110 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $79,801 of national purchasing power.
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 $80,399 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 Virginia is $116,130. 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 ($69,580) and the ninetieth ($170,110) 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 $79,801 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 $80,399 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.