Prepress Technicians and Workers in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,569
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$9,531
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,275
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
$49,100
Kept after tax
$39,569
Worth in national money
$39,275
State rank
19
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Virginia is 19 of 45 states for prepress technicians and workers, with a middle wage of $49,100. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Virginia, this sits in the middle: 325 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Virginia costs about what the country costs, so from $49,100, take-home of $39,569 is worth roughly $39,275 in national money. The average lands at $48,740, below the middle of the range.
- Virginia ranks 19 of 45 for prepress technicians and workers at $49,100. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Prepress technicians and workers ranks 325 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.
- Price parity in Virginia is near the national base, so for prepress technicians and workers, whose median is $49,100, the adjusted figure of $39,275 differs little from $39,569 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $48,740 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Prepress Technicians and Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,960 |
| This salary | $49,100 |
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 | $39,569 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,632 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,567 |
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 | $46,533 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,314 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Virginia earn less than $49,100. The published range is $32,230 up to $62,960, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $39,569 take-home in Virginia comes from $49,100. 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 325 of 489.
- Two cautions on $39,275, the adjusted value of that $49,100 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of 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 325 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for prepress technicians and workers in Virginia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $32,230 to $62,960. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $39,569, from $49,100, 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 325 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 19 of 45 for it.
- This $39,275 adjusted figure, worked from $49,100, 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 325 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 325 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $32,230 and the top tenth $62,960, so most people doing this work in Virginia sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $39,275 of national purchasing power.
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 Virginia's own levy, $39,569 remains.
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 45 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 ($32,230 to $62,960) 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 $39,275 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 $39,569 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.