Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,054
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$14,866
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,923
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — 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
$79,920
Kept after tax
$65,054
Worth in national money
$59,923
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Washington pays this job a middle wage of $79,920, ranking 5 of 51 states and sitting about 14.19% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 192 among 493 occupations Washington publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $79,920 the take-home is $65,054. But Washington costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $59,923 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $91,970, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Washington's median for sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel is $79,920, about 14.19% above the national figure and 5 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 192 of 493 in Washington places sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Washington income tax is $65,054 for sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel, from $79,920. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $59,923. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $91,970 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $149,990 |
| This salary | $79,920 |
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 Washington | $65,054 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,054 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,022 |
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 | $79,920 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,699 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $79,920 as a midpoint for Washington, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $45,840 and the ninetieth is $149,990 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Washington's $65,054, worked from $79,920. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 192 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $59,923 uses one figure for the whole of Washington. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 192.
- The Washington median of $79,920 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $45,840 to $149,990. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Washington take-home of $65,054, on $79,920 for work ranking 192 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 192 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $59,923, worked from $79,920, 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 Washington address, on work sitting at 192 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $91,970 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $45,840 and the top tenth $149,990 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Washington costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $59,923 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $65,054 of this wage reaches your account, because Washington takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 Washington is $91,970. 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 ($45,840) and the ninetieth ($149,990) 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.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $59,923 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $65,054 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.