Veterinary Technologists and Technicians in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,181
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$9,559
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,223
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
$59,740
Kept after tax
$50,181
Worth in national money
$46,223
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Washington pays this job a middle wage of $59,740, ranking 3 of 51 states and sitting about 26.09% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Washington, this sits in the middle: 317 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $59,740 the take-home is $50,181. But Washington costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $46,223 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $59,940, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Washington's median for veterinary technologists and technicians is $59,740, about 26.09% above the national figure and 3 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.
- Veterinary technologists and technicians ranks 317 of 493 occupations in Washington by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Washington income tax is $50,181 for veterinary technologists and technicians, from $59,740. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $46,223. ⚠️ 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 $59,940 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,300 |
| This salary | $59,740 |
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 | $50,181 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,181 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,416 |
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 | $59,740 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,551 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $59,740 as a midpoint for Washington, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,390 and the ninetieth is $77,300 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $50,181 take-home in Washington comes from $59,740. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 317 of 493.
- Two cautions on $46,223, the adjusted value of that $59,740 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Washington. 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 317 of 493 locally.
- The Washington median of $59,740 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,390 to $77,300. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $50,181, from $59,740, assumes a single Washington filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 317 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 51 for it.
- This $46,223 adjusted figure, worked from $59,740, 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 317 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 317 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $46,390 and the top tenth $77,300, 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 $46,223 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $50,181 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,390 to $77,300) 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 $46,223 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 $50,181 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.