Statisticians in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$83,155
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$22,495
21.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,597
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
$105,650
Kept after tax
$83,155
Worth in national money
$76,597
State rank
18
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Washington sits in the middle of the pack for statisticians. The median is $105,650, ranking 18 of 45 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Washington this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, statisticians ranks 92 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Washington is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $105,650 the take-home is $83,155; in national-average money that behaves like $76,597. The average comes to $112,600, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Washington occupies the middle band for statisticians: a median of $105,650, ranking 18 of 45. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Washington publishes a median for, statisticians sits 92 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.
- Take-home for statisticians in Washington, on $105,650, is $83,155; deflated by the state's price level, $76,597. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $112,600 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Statisticians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $81,250 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $105,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $166,760 |
| This salary | $105,650 |
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 | $83,155 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $83,155 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,976 |
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 | $105,650 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,398 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $105,650 as a midpoint for Washington, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $81,250 and the ninetieth is $166,760 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $83,155 take-home in Washington comes from $105,650. 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 92 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Washington, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $76,597, the adjusted value of that $105,650 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 92 of 493 in the state.
- The Washington median of $105,650 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $81,250 to $166,760. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $83,155, from $105,650, assumes a single Washington 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 92 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 18 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Washington, so $76,597 — the adjusted value of that $105,650 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 92 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $112,600, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $81,250 and the top tenth $166,760 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $76,597 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $83,155 survives, because Washington levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $112,600. 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 ($81,250) and the ninetieth ($166,760) 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 $76,597 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 $83,155 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.
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.