Phlebotomists in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,510
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$8,830
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,231
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
$46,340
Kept after tax
$37,510
Worth in national money
$37,231
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Virginia pays phlebotomists a middle wage of $46,340, ranking 15 of 51 states and sitting about 2.45% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Virginia, this sits in the middle: 357 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $46,340 the take-home is $37,510, which is worth about $37,231 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $46,890, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Virginia's median for phlebotomists is $46,340, about 2.45% above the national figure and 15 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Phlebotomists ranks 357 of 489 occupations in 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.
- Virginia's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for phlebotomists on its $46,340 median: $37,510 retained after tax becomes $37,231 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $46,890 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Phlebotomists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,470 |
| This salary | $46,340 |
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 | $37,510 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,414 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,329 |
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 | $43,970 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,026 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,340 as a midpoint for Virginia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,370 and the ninetieth is $58,470 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $37,510 take-home in Virginia comes from $46,340. 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 357 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Virginia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $37,231, the adjusted value of that $46,340 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 357 of 489 in the state.
- The Virginia median of $46,340 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,370 to $58,470. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $37,510, from $46,340, assumes a single 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 357 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Virginia, so $37,231 — the adjusted value of that $46,340 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 357 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,370 at the tenth percentile, $58,470 at the ninetieth.
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 $37,231 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 $37,510.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,370 to $58,470) 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 $37,231 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 $37,510 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.