Statisticians in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,400
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$19,260
22.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,851
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
$84,660
Kept after tax
$65,400
Worth in national money
$72,851
State rank
32
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. West Virginia pays statisticians a middle wage of $84,660, 32 of 45 states and about 19.87% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within West Virginia this is well-paid work. Of 473 occupations with published figures in the state, statisticians ranks 62 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- West Virginia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $84,660 the take-home is $65,400; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $72,851 would nationally. The average comes to $88,780, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- West Virginia's $84,660 median for statisticians places it 32 of 45 states, about 19.87% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Ranked against every occupation West Virginia publishes a median for, statisticians sits 62 of 473 — 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.
- Post-tax income for statisticians in West Virginia, on $84,660, is $65,400 — equivalent to $72,851 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $88,780 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 | $49,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $141,610 |
| This salary | $84,660 |
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 | $65,400 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,388 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,475 |
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 | $80,412 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,418 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $84,660 as a midpoint for West Virginia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,680 and the ninetieth is $141,610 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In West Virginia the take-home figure of $65,400, from $84,660, 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 62 of 473 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of West Virginia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $72,851, the adjusted value of that $84,660 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 62 of 473 in the state.
- The West Virginia median of $84,660 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,680 to $141,610. 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 West Virginia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $65,400 from $84,660. 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 62 of 473 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for West Virginia, so $72,851 — the adjusted value of that $84,660 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 62 of 473 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 $88,780 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 $49,680 and the top tenth $141,610 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $72,851.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and West Virginia adds its own income tax on top — which is why $65,400 of this wage survives to your account.
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 West Virginia is $88,780. 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 ($49,680) and the ninetieth ($141,610) 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.
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 $72,851 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 $65,400 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.