Parking Attendants in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$25,403
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$4,707
15.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$25,214
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
$30,110
Kept after tax
$25,403
Worth in national money
$25,214
State rank
41
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for parking attendants is on the low side in Virginia. The middle earner gets $30,110. That is 41 of 51 states, and about 14.34% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 489 occupations Virginia publishes, parking attendants lands at 486. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $30,110, tax leaves $25,403, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $25,214 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $31,710, since top earners drag the number up.
- For parking attendants, Virginia sits in the lower band at $30,110, ranking 41 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 14.34%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Virginia, this work ranks 486 of 489 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Because Virginia sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for parking attendants — median $30,110 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $25,403 retained, $25,214 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $31,710 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Parking Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $25,810 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $30,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $38,100 |
| This salary | $30,110 |
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 | $25,403 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $26,373 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,926 |
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 | $28,902 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,312 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Virginia earn less than $30,110. The published range is $25,810 up to $38,100, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Virginia's $25,403, worked from $30,110. 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 486 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $25,214 uses one figure for the whole of Virginia. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 486.
- Reported values are medians; for parking attendants in Virginia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $25,810 to $38,100. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Virginia take-home of $25,403, on $30,110 for work ranking 486 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 486 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $25,214, worked from $30,110, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Virginia address, on work sitting at 486 of 489 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 $31,710, 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 $25,810 and the top tenth $38,100, so most people doing this work in Virginia sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Virginia costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $25,214 rather than its face figure.
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 $25,403.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 Virginia is $31,710. 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 ($25,810 to $38,100) 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 $25,214 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 $25,403 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.
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.