Purchasing Managers in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$106,037
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$41,183
28.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$118,118
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
$147,220
Kept after tax
$106,037
Worth in national money
$118,118
State rank
15
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for purchasing managers is strong here. West Virginia's middle earner gets $147,220, putting the state 15 of 50 — about 0.58% ahead of the national figure.
- Within West Virginia this is well-paid work. Of 473 occupations with published figures in the state, purchasing managers ranks 7 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $147,220 you keep $106,037 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $118,118 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $147,100.
- For purchasing managers, West Virginia sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $147,220, ranking 15 of 50 and running about 0.58% 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 West Virginia publishes a median for, purchasing managers sits 7 of 473 — 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.
- Retained pay in West Virginia is $106,037 after the full tax stack, from $147,220. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $118,118 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $147,100 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Purchasing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $89,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $147,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $194,410 |
| This salary | $147,220 |
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 | $106,037 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $111,891 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,975 |
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 | $138,656 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,229 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in West Virginia earn less than $147,220. The published range is $89,080 up to $194,410, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In West Virginia the take-home figure of $106,037, from $147,220, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 7 of 473 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $118,118, the adjusted value of that $147,220 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of West 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 7 of 473 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for purchasing managers in West Virginia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $89,080 to $194,410. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for West Virginia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $106,037 from $147,220. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 7 of 473 locally.
- This $118,118 adjusted figure, worked from $147,220, 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 7 of 473 in the state. The occupation ranks 7 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $89,080 at the tenth percentile, $194,410 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in West Virginia sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $118,118 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 West Virginia's own levy, $106,037 remains.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($89,080 to $194,410) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to West Virginia rather than a national figure.
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 $118,118 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 $106,037 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.