Postsecondary Teachers, All Other in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,893
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$20,167
24.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,418
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
$84,060
Kept after tax
$63,893
Worth in national money
$63,418
State rank
7
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Virginia's middle earner gets $84,060, putting the state 7 of 48 — about 8.27% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Virginia this is well-paid work. Of 489 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 115 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Virginia costs about what the country costs, so from $84,060, take-home of $63,893 is worth roughly $63,418 in national money. The average comes to $102,560, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For postsecondary teachers, all other, Virginia sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $84,060, ranking 7 of 48 and running about 8.27% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation Virginia publishes a median for, postsecondary teachers, all other sits 115 of 489 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Price parity in Virginia is near the national base, so for postsecondary teachers, all other, whose median is $84,060, the adjusted figure of $63,418 differs little from $63,893 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $102,560 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $177,330 |
| This salary | $84,060 |
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 | $63,893 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,966 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,524 |
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 | $78,271 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,011 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
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 postsecondary teachers, all other in Virginia earn under $84,060 and half over. The published range runs $43,320 at the tenth percentile to $177,330 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $63,893 take-home in Virginia comes from $84,060. 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 115 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $63,418 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 115.
- Figures are distribution medians for postsecondary teachers, all other in Virginia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,320 to $177,330; 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 $63,893, from $84,060, 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 115 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $63,418, worked from $84,060, 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 115 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 $102,560, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $43,320 and the top tenth $177,330 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Virginia run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $63,418 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Virginia adds its own income tax on top — which is why $63,893 of this wage survives to your account.
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 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $102,560. 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 ($43,320) and the ninetieth ($177,330) 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.
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 $63,418 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 $63,893 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.
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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.