Social and Community Service Managers in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$81,291
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$21,710
21.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,879
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
$103,000
Kept after tax
$81,291
Worth in national money
$74,879
State rank
2
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 $103,000, ranking 2 of 51 states and sitting about 28.13% above the national middle.
- Within Washington this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 101 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $103,000, tax leaves $81,291 — and because Washington is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $74,879 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $110,330, since top earners drag the number up.
- Washington's median for social and community service managers is $103,000, about 28.13% above the national figure and 2 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Washington publishes a median for, social and community service managers sits 101 of 493 — 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.
- After tax, $81,291 remains from the Washington median of $103,000 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $74,879 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $110,330 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Social and Community Service Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $71,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $103,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $156,990 |
| This salary | $103,000 |
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 | $81,291 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,291 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,774 |
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 | $103,000 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,120 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Washington earn less than $103,000. The published range is $71,270 up to $156,990, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Washington the take-home figure of $81,291, from $103,000, 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 101 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 $74,879 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 101.
- Reported values are medians; for social and community service managers in Washington the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $71,270 to $156,990. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Washington is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $81,291 from $103,000. 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 101 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $74,879, worked from $103,000, 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 101 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 $110,330 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 $71,270 and the top tenth $156,990 — 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 $74,879 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $81,291 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $110,330. 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 ($71,270) and the ninetieth ($156,990) 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 $74,879 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 $81,291 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.