Transportation Security Screeners in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,903
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$12,227
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,702
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
$63,130
Kept after tax
$50,903
Worth in national money
$56,702
State rank
34
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- West Virginia is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $63,130, ranking 34 of 45 states — about 5.45% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 473 occupations West Virginia reports figures for, this is number 150.
- West Virginia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $63,130 the take-home is $50,903; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $56,702 would nationally. The average lands at $62,860, below the middle of the range.
- West Virginia ranks 34 of 45 for transportation security screeners, with a median of $63,130 — about 5.45% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- In West Virginia's occupational distribution, transportation security screeners sits at 150 of 473 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for transportation security screeners in West Virginia, on $63,130, is $50,903 — equivalent to $56,702 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 $62,860 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Transportation Security Screeners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,280 |
| This salary | $63,130 |
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 | $50,903 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,905 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,259 |
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 | $60,638 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,732 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $63,130 as a midpoint for West Virginia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $54,950 and the ninetieth is $71,280 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind West Virginia's $50,903, worked from $63,130. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 150 of 473.
- Two cautions on $56,702, the adjusted value of that $63,130 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of West 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 150 of 473 locally.
- The West Virginia median of $63,130 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $54,950 to $71,280. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The West Virginia take-home of $50,903, on $63,130 for work ranking 150 of 473 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 150 of 473 in the state.
- This $56,702 adjusted figure, worked from $63,130, 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 150 of 473 in the state. The occupation ranks 150 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $54,950 at the bottom tenth to $71,280 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. West Virginia is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $56,702 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and West Virginia's own levy, $50,903 remains.
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 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($54,950 to $71,280) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to West Virginia rather than a national figure.
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 $56,702 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 $50,903 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.