Parts Salespersons in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,808
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$7,022
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,668
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — 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
$46,830
Kept after tax
$39,808
Worth in national money
$36,668
State rank
4
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Washington pays parts salespersons a middle wage of $46,830, ranking 4 of 50 states and sitting about 21.23% above the national middle.
- Against 493 occupations Washington publishes, parts salespersons lands at 428. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $46,830 the take-home is $39,808. But Washington costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $36,668 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $50,450, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Washington's median for parts salespersons is $46,830, about 21.23% above the national figure and 4 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.
- Within Washington, this work ranks 428 of 493 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Washington income tax is $39,808 for parts salespersons, from $46,830. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,668. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $50,450 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Parts Salespersons
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $68,270 |
| This salary | $46,830 |
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 Washington | $39,808 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,808 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,297 |
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 | $46,830 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,197 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Washington earn less than $46,830. The published range is $37,670 up to $68,270, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Washington the take-home figure of $39,808, from $46,830, 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 428 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Washington, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $36,668, the adjusted value of that $46,830 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 428 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for parts salespersons in Washington the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,670 to $68,270. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Washington is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $39,808 from $46,830. 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 428 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Washington, so $36,668 — the adjusted value of that $46,830 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 428 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $50,450 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,670 and the top tenth $68,270, so most people doing this work in Washington sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Washington costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $36,668 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $39,808 of this wage reaches your account, because Washington takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 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 Washington is $50,450. 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 ($37,670 to $68,270) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Washington rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $36,668 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $39,808 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.