New Accounts Clerks in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,518
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$8,832
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,239
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
$46,350
Kept after tax
$37,518
Worth in national money
$37,239
State rank
27
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Virginia pays new accounts clerks around $46,350 at the midpoint, 27 of 45 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Virginia reports figures for, this is number 356.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $46,350, tax leaves $37,518, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $37,239 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $48,440, since top earners drag the number up.
- For new accounts clerks the Virginia median is $46,350, ranking 27 of 45 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Virginia's occupational distribution, new accounts clerks sits at 356 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 new accounts clerks — median $46,350 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $37,518 retained, $37,239 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $48,440 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: New Accounts Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,410 |
| This salary | $46,350 |
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 | $37,518 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,422 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,329 |
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 | $43,980 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,027 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,350 as a midpoint for Virginia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,100 and the ninetieth is $58,410 — 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 $37,518, worked from $46,350. 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 356 of 489.
- Two cautions on $37,239, the adjusted value of that $46,350 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 356 of 489 locally.
- The Virginia median of $46,350 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,100 to $58,410. 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 $37,518, on $46,350 for work ranking 356 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 356 of 489 in the state.
- This $37,239 adjusted figure, worked from $46,350, 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 356 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 356 of 489 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 $48,440 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 — $38,100 at the tenth percentile, $58,410 at the ninetieth.
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 $37,239 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Virginia then takes its own share, leaving $37,518.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $48,440. 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 ($38,100 to $58,410) 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 $37,239 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 $37,518 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.