Order Clerks in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,348
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$7,972
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,603
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
$45,320
Kept after tax
$37,348
Worth in national money
$41,603
State rank
26
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. West Virginia is 26 of 48 states for order clerks, with a middle wage of $45,320. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Order clerks ranks 293 among 473 occupations West Virginia publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $45,320 you keep $37,348 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $41,603 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $48,010, since top earners drag the number up.
- West Virginia ranks 26 of 48 for order clerks at $45,320. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 293 of 473 in West Virginia places order clerks 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.
- Retained pay in West Virginia is $37,348 after the full tax stack, from $45,320. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $41,603 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $48,010 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Order Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,750 |
| This salary | $45,320 |
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 | $37,348 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,595 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,887 |
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 | $43,769 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,282 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,320 as a midpoint for West Virginia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $29,640 and the ninetieth is $72,750 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In West Virginia the take-home figure of $37,348, from $45,320, 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 293 of 473 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of West Virginia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $41,603, the adjusted value of that $45,320 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 293 of 473 in the state.
- The West Virginia median of $45,320 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $29,640 to $72,750. 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 West Virginia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,348 from $45,320. 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 293 of 473 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for West Virginia, so $41,603 — the adjusted value of that $45,320 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 293 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $48,010, 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 $29,640 and the top tenth $72,750 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in West Virginia sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $41,603 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $37,348 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $48,010. 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 ($29,640) and the ninetieth ($72,750) 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.
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 $41,603 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 $37,348 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.