Nurse Practitioners in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$93,347
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$33,973
26.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$103,982
West Virginia costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in West 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
$127,320
Kept after tax
$93,347
Worth in national money
$103,982
State rank
42
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- West Virginia is among the lower-paying states for nurse practitioners. The middle earner takes $127,320, ranking 42 of 51 states — about 3.76% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in West Virginia. It ranks 13 out of 473 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where West Virginia does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $127,320 you keep $93,347, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $103,982 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $126,780, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- West Virginia ranks 42 of 51 for nurse practitioners, with a median of $127,320 — about 3.76% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Within West Virginia, nurse practitioners ranks 13 of 473 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.
- After federal, FICA and West Virginia income tax, retained pay for nurse practitioners on $127,320 is $93,347. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $103,982 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $126,780 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Nurse Practitioners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $100,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $127,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $155,500 |
| This salary | $127,320 |
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 West Virginia | $93,347 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $98,289 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,836 |
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 | $120,138 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,032 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
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 nurse practitioners in West Virginia earn under $127,320 and half over. The published range runs $100,220 at the tenth percentile to $155,500 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind West Virginia's $93,347, worked from $127,320. 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 13 of 473.
- Two cautions on $103,982, the adjusted value of that $127,320 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of West 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 13 of 473 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for nurse practitioners in West Virginia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $100,220 to $155,500; 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.
- The West Virginia take-home of $93,347, on $127,320 for work ranking 13 of 473 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 13 of 473 in the state.
- This $103,982 adjusted figure, worked from $127,320, 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 13 of 473 in the state. The occupation ranks 13 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $100,220 at the bottom tenth to $155,500 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. West Virginia is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $103,982 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and West Virginia's own levy, $93,347 remains.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($100,220 to $155,500) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to West Virginia rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
West Virginia's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $103,982 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $93,347 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and West 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.