Property Appraisers and Assessors in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,059
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$7,881
17.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,281
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
$44,940
Kept after tax
$37,059
Worth in national money
$41,281
State rank
50
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. West Virginia pays this job a middle wage of $44,940, 50 of 50 states and about 33.87% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in West Virginia, this sits in the middle: 297 of 473 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $44,940 you keep $37,059 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $41,281 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $47,530, since top earners drag the number up.
- West Virginia's $44,940 median for property appraisers and assessors places it 50 of 50 states, about 33.87% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Property appraisers and assessors ranks 297 of 473 occupations in West 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.
- Retained pay in West Virginia is $37,059 after the full tax stack, from $44,940. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $41,281 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $47,530 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Property Appraisers and Assessors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,100 |
| This salary | $44,940 |
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 | $37,059 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,289 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,879 |
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 | $43,408 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,272 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $44,940 as a midpoint for West Virginia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,600 and the ninetieth is $64,100 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $37,059 take-home in West Virginia comes from $44,940. 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 297 of 473.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,281 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 297.
- The West Virginia median of $44,940 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,600 to $64,100. 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 $37,059, from $44,940, 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 297 of 473 locally, and the state ranks 50 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,281, worked from $44,940, 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 297 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $47,530, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $30,600, the highest tenth $64,100, 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 $41,281 in national terms.
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 West Virginia adds its own income tax on top — which is why $37,059 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $47,530. 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 ($30,600) and the ninetieth ($64,100) 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 $41,281 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 $37,059 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.