Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,990
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$14,840
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,865
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
$79,830
Kept after tax
$64,990
Worth in national money
$59,865
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Washington is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $79,830, which ranks 3 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 10.75% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Washington, this sits in the middle: 194 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $79,830, tax leaves $64,990 — and because Washington is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $59,865 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $94,920, since top earners drag the number up.
- Washington ranks 3 of 51 states publishing a median for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products, at $79,830 — about 10.75% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products ranks 194 of 493 occupations in Washington 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.
- After tax, $64,990 remains from the Washington median of $79,830 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $59,865 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $94,920 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $148,610 |
| This salary | $79,830 |
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 | $64,990 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,990 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,015 |
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 | $79,830 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,690 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $79,830 as a midpoint for Washington, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $51,260 and the ninetieth is $148,610 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Washington the take-home figure of $64,990, from $79,830, 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 194 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $59,865 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 194.
- The Washington median of $79,830 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $51,260 to $148,610. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Washington is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $64,990 from $79,830. 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 194 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $59,865, worked from $79,830, 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 194 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $94,920, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $51,260 and the top tenth $148,610 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Washington run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $59,865 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $64,990 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $94,920. 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 ($51,260) and the ninetieth ($148,610) 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 $59,865 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 $64,990 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.