Procurement Clerks in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,717
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$10,943
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,392
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
$54,660
Kept after tax
$43,717
Worth in national money
$43,392
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for procurement clerks is strong here. Virginia's middle earner gets $54,660, putting the state 9 of 51 — about 8.07% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Virginia reports figures for, this is number 280.
- No great distortion either way. Virginia costs about what the country costs, so from $54,660, take-home of $43,717 is worth roughly $43,392 in national money. The average comes to $55,310, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For procurement clerks, Virginia sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $54,660, ranking 9 of 51 and running about 8.07% 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.
- In Virginia's occupational distribution, procurement clerks sits at 280 of 489 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Price parity in Virginia is near the national base, so for procurement clerks, whose median is $54,660, the adjusted figure of $43,392 differs little from $43,717 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $55,310 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Procurement Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $54,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $69,240 |
| This salary | $54,660 |
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 | $43,717 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,099 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,048 |
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 | $51,695 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,895 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $54,660 as a midpoint for Virginia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $42,120 and the ninetieth is $69,240 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $43,717 take-home in Virginia comes from $54,660. 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 280 of 489.
- Two cautions on $43,392, the adjusted value of that $54,660 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 280 of 489 locally.
- The Virginia median of $54,660 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $42,120 to $69,240. 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 $43,717, from $54,660, 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 280 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 51 for it.
- This $43,392 adjusted figure, worked from $54,660, 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 280 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 280 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $42,120 at the tenth percentile, $69,240 at the ninetieth.
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 $43,392 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, $43,717 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($42,120 to $69,240) 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 $43,392 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 $43,717 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.