Office Machine Operators, Except Computer in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,688
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$7,452
17.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,754
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
$43,140
Kept after tax
$35,688
Worth in national money
$39,754
State rank
15
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- West Virginia is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $43,140, which ranks 15 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 5.32% above the national middle.
- Against other work in West Virginia, this sits in the middle: 311 of 473 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- West Virginia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $43,140 the take-home is $35,688; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $39,754 would nationally. The average comes to $46,000, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- West Virginia ranks 15 of 47 states publishing a median for office machine operators, except computer, at $43,140 — about 5.32% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Office machine operators, except computer ranks 311 of 473 occupations in West Virginia by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for office machine operators, except computer in West Virginia, on $43,140, is $35,688 — equivalent to $39,754 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $46,000 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Office Machine Operators, Except Computer
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,400 |
| This salary | $43,140 |
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 | $35,688 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,843 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,840 |
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 | $41,703 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,226 |
| 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 office machine operators, except computer in West Virginia earn under $43,140 and half over. The published range runs $36,660 at the tenth percentile to $59,400 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $35,688 take-home in West Virginia comes from $43,140. 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 311 of 473.
- Two cautions on $39,754, the adjusted value of that $43,140 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 311 of 473 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for office machine operators, except computer in West Virginia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,660 to $59,400; 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 $35,688, from $43,140, assumes a single West 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 311 of 473 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 47 for it.
- This $39,754 adjusted figure, worked from $43,140, 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 311 of 473 in the state. The occupation ranks 311 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $46,000, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,660 and the top tenth $59,400, so most people doing this work in West Virginia sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $39,754.
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, $35,688 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 West Virginia is $46,000. 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 ($36,660 to $59,400) 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 $39,754 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 $35,688 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.
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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.