Physicians, All Other in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$177,519
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$80,501
31.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$197,744
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
$258,020
Kept after tax
$177,519
Worth in national money
$197,744
State rank
35
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- West Virginia is among the lower-paying states for physicians, all other. The middle earner takes $258,020, ranking 35 of 50 states — about 2.97% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in West Virginia. It ranks 2 out of 473 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $258,020 you keep $177,519 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $197,744 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $228,870.
- West Virginia ranks 35 of 50 for physicians, all other, with a median of $258,020 — about 2.97% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Within West Virginia, physicians, all other ranks 2 of 473 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in West Virginia is $177,519 after the full tax stack, from $258,020. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $197,744 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $228,870 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Physicians, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $258,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $374,980 |
| This salary | $258,020 |
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 | $177,519 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $188,447 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,819 |
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 | $241,374 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,652 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of physicians, all other in West Virginia earn under $258,020 and half over. The published range runs $59,160 at the tenth percentile to $374,980 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $177,519 take-home in West Virginia comes from $258,020. 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 2 of 473.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $197,744 uses one figure for the whole of West Virginia. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 473 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 2.
- Figures are distribution medians for physicians, all other in West Virginia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $59,160 to $374,980; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $177,519, from $258,020, assumes a single West 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 2 of 473 locally, and the state ranks 35 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $197,744, worked from $258,020, 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 West Virginia address, on work sitting at 2 of 473 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 $228,870 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $59,160, the highest tenth $374,980, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $197,744 in national terms.
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, $177,519 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 West Virginia is $228,870. 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 ($59,160) and the ninetieth ($374,980) 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 $197,744 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 $177,519 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.