Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,127
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$5,793
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,560
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
$35,920
Kept after tax
$30,127
Worth in national money
$33,560
State rank
45
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in West Virginia. The middle earner gets $35,920. That is 45 of 45 states, and about 30.92% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 473 occupations West Virginia publishes, this job lands at 385. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $35,920 you keep $30,127 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $33,560 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $35,130.
- For recreational vehicle service technicians, West Virginia sits in the lower band at $35,920, ranking 45 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 30.92%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within West Virginia, this work ranks 385 of 473 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay in West Virginia is $30,127 after the full tax stack, from $35,920. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $33,560 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $35,130 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $38,470 |
| This salary | $35,920 |
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 | $30,127 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,042 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,616 |
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 | $34,782 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,954 |
| 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 $35,920. The published range is $29,320 up to $38,470, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $30,127 take-home in West Virginia comes from $35,920. 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 385 of 473.
- Two cautions on $33,560, the adjusted value of that $35,920 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 385 of 473 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for recreational vehicle service technicians in West Virginia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $29,320 to $38,470. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $30,127, from $35,920, 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 385 of 473 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 45 for it.
- This $33,560 adjusted figure, worked from $35,920, 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 385 of 473 in the state. The occupation ranks 385 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $29,320 at the bottom tenth to $38,470 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $33,560 in national terms.
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, $30,127 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 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 ($29,320 to $38,470) 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 $33,560 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 $30,127 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.