Tellers in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,483
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$7,187
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,290
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
$47,670
Kept after tax
$40,483
Worth in national money
$37,290
State rank
1
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Washington pays tellers a middle wage of $47,670, ranking 1 of 51 states and sitting about 10.78% above the national middle.
- Against 493 occupations Washington publishes, tellers lands at 419. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $47,670 the take-home is $40,483. But Washington costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $37,290 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $50,620, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Washington's median for tellers is $47,670, about 10.78% above the national figure and 1 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.
- Within Washington, this work ranks 419 of 493 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Washington income tax is $40,483 for tellers, from $47,670. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $37,290. ⚠️ 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 $50,620 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Tellers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,870 |
| This salary | $47,670 |
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 | $40,483 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,483 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,370 |
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 | $47,670 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,285 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of tellers in Washington earn under $47,670 and half over. The published range runs $40,190 at the tenth percentile to $60,870 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Washington the take-home figure of $40,483, from $47,670, 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 419 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Washington, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $37,290, the adjusted value of that $47,670 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 419 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for tellers in Washington, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,190 to $60,870; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Washington is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $40,483 from $47,670. 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 419 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Washington, so $37,290 — the adjusted value of that $47,670 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 419 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 $50,620, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $40,190 and the top tenth $60,870, so most people doing this work in Washington sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $37,290 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $40,483 survives, because Washington levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 $50,620. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,190 to $60,870) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Washington rather than a national figure.
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 $37,290 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 $40,483 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.