Tutors in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,627
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$6,733
14.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,580
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
$45,360
Kept after tax
$38,627
Worth in national money
$35,580
State rank
17
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Washington sits in the middle of the pack for tutors. The median is $45,360, ranking 17 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Washington, this one sits low: 444 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Washington is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $45,360 the take-home is $38,627; in national-average money that behaves like $35,580. The average comes to $45,560, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Washington occupies the middle band for tutors: a median of $45,360, ranking 17 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Tutors occupies position 444 of 493 in Washington's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Take-home for tutors in Washington, on $45,360, is $38,627; deflated by the state's price level, $35,580. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $45,560 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Tutors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,620 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,220 |
| This salary | $45,360 |
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 | $38,627 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,627 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,169 |
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 | $45,360 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,042 |
| 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 tutors in Washington earn under $45,360 and half over. The published range runs $36,620 at the tenth percentile to $56,220 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Washington's $38,627, worked from $45,360. 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 444 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $35,580 uses one figure for the whole of Washington. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 444.
- Figures are distribution medians for tutors in Washington, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,620 to $56,220; 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.
- The Washington take-home of $38,627, on $45,360 for work ranking 444 of 493 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 444 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $35,580, worked from $45,360, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Washington address, on work sitting at 444 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,620 at the tenth percentile, $56,220 at the ninetieth.
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 $35,580 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $38,627 of this wage reaches your account, because Washington takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
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 50 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 ($36,620 to $56,220) 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 $35,580 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 $38,627 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.