Occupational Therapy Assistants in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,015
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$16,945
22.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,583
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
$74,960
Kept after tax
$58,015
Worth in national money
$57,583
State rank
14
of 50 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 $74,960, ranking 14 of 50 states and sitting about 3.68% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 158 among 489 occupations Virginia publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Virginia costs about what the country costs, so from $74,960, take-home of $58,015 is worth roughly $57,583 in national money. The average lands at $73,140, below the middle of the range.
- Virginia's median for occupational therapy assistants is $74,960, about 3.68% above the national figure and 14 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 158 of 489 in Virginia places occupational therapy assistants in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Price parity in Virginia is near the national base, so for occupational therapy assistants, whose median is $74,960, the adjusted figure of $57,583 differs little from $58,015 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $73,140 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapy Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,250 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $89,560 |
| This salary | $74,960 |
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 | $58,015 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,564 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,771 |
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 | $69,914 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,971 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $74,960 as a midpoint for Virginia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $57,250 and the ninetieth is $89,560 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Virginia the take-home figure of $58,015, from $74,960, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 158 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $57,583, the adjusted value of that $74,960 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 158 of 489 locally.
- The Virginia median of $74,960 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $57,250 to $89,560. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Virginia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $58,015 from $74,960. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 158 of 489 locally.
- This $57,583 adjusted figure, worked from $74,960, 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 158 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 158 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $57,250 and the top tenth $89,560, so most people doing this work in Virginia sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $57,583 of national purchasing power.
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 $58,015.
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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($57,250 to $89,560) 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 $57,583 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 $58,015 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.