Physical Therapist Aides in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,294
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$5,546
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,631
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
$34,840
Kept after tax
$29,294
Worth in national money
$32,631
State rank
23
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. West Virginia pays physical therapist aides around $34,840 at the midpoint, 23 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 473 occupations West Virginia publishes, physical therapist aides lands at 403. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $34,840 you keep $29,294 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $32,631 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $34,740.
- For physical therapist aides the West Virginia median is $34,840, ranking 23 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within West Virginia, this work ranks 403 of 473 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 in West Virginia is $29,294 after the full tax stack, from $34,840. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $32,631 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $34,740 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Physical Therapist Aides
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $22,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $43,720 |
| This salary | $34,840 |
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 | $29,294 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,174 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,580 |
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 | $33,745 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,911 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $34,840 as a midpoint for West Virginia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $22,960 and the ninetieth is $43,720 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind West Virginia's $29,294, worked from $34,840. 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 403 of 473.
- Two cautions on $32,631, the adjusted value of that $34,840 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 403 of 473 locally.
- The West Virginia median of $34,840 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $22,960 to $43,720. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The West Virginia take-home of $29,294, on $34,840 for work ranking 403 of 473 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 403 of 473 in the state.
- This $32,631 adjusted figure, worked from $34,840, 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 403 of 473 in the state. The occupation ranks 403 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $22,960 and the top tenth $43,720, so most people doing this work in West Virginia sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. West Virginia is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $32,631 in national terms.
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; West Virginia then takes its own share, leaving $29,294.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($22,960 to $43,720) 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 $32,631 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 $29,294 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.