Psychiatric Technicians in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,987
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$9,333
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,697
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
$48,320
Kept after tax
$38,987
Worth in national money
$38,697
State rank
13
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for psychiatric technicians is strong here. Virginia's middle earner gets $48,320, putting the state 13 of 49 — about 7.07% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Psychiatric technicians ranks 333 among 489 occupations Virginia publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $48,320 the take-home is $38,987, which is worth about $38,697 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $48,110, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For psychiatric technicians, Virginia sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $48,320, ranking 13 of 49 and running about 7.07% 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.
- Position 333 of 489 in Virginia places psychiatric technicians in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Virginia's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for psychiatric technicians on its $48,320 median: $38,987 retained after tax becomes $38,697 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $48,110 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Psychiatric Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,530 |
| This salary | $48,320 |
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 | $38,987 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,005 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,500 |
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 | $45,809 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,233 |
| 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 $48,320. The published range is $38,580 up to $58,530, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $38,987 take-home in Virginia comes from $48,320. 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 333 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Virginia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $38,697, the adjusted value of that $48,320 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 333 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for psychiatric technicians in Virginia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $38,580 to $58,530. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $38,987, from $48,320, 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 333 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Virginia, so $38,697 — the adjusted value of that $48,320 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 333 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $38,580 at the tenth percentile, $58,530 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 $38,697 of national purchasing power.
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 $38,987 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,580 to $58,530) 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 $38,697 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 $38,987 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.