Training and Development Managers in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$98,114
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$39,406
28.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$97,385
Virginia costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in 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
$137,520
Kept after tax
$98,114
Worth in national money
$97,385
State rank
10
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Virginia is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $137,520, which ranks 10 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 3.4% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Virginia reports, this job comes in at 27 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $137,520 the take-home is $98,114, which is worth about $97,385 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $154,410, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Virginia ranks 10 of 48 states publishing a median for training and development managers, at $137,520 — about 3.4% 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.
- Training and development managers ranks 27 of 489 occupations by median in Virginia, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Virginia's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for training and development managers on its $137,520 median: $98,114 retained after tax becomes $97,385 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $154,410 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Training and Development Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $98,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $137,520 |
| Top tenth earn over | $238,590 |
| This salary | $137,520 |
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 Virginia | $98,114 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $105,261 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,936 |
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 | $127,064 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,548 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $137,520 as a midpoint for Virginia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $98,920 and the ninetieth is $238,590 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Virginia the take-home figure of $98,114, from $137,520, 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 27 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $97,385, the adjusted value of that $137,520 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Virginia. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 27 of 489 locally.
- The Virginia median of $137,520 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $98,920 to $238,590. 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 Virginia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $98,114 from $137,520. 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 27 of 489 locally.
- This $97,385 adjusted figure, worked from $137,520, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 27 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 27 of 489 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 $154,410, 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $98,920, the highest tenth $238,590, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Virginia run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $97,385 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Virginia then takes its own share, leaving $98,114.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 Virginia is $154,410. 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 ($98,920) and the ninetieth ($238,590) 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?
Virginia's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $97,385 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $98,114 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.