Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,779
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$8,581
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,506
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
$45,360
Kept after tax
$36,779
Worth in national money
$36,506
State rank
36
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Virginia. The middle earner gets $45,360. That is 36 of 49 states, and about 2.2% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 489 occupations Virginia publishes, this job lands at 371. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- No great distortion either way. Virginia costs about what the country costs, so from $45,360, take-home of $36,779 is worth roughly $36,506 in national money. The average comes to $45,770, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping, Virginia sits in the lower band at $45,360, ranking 36 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 2.2%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Virginia, this work ranks 371 of 489 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.
- Price parity in Virginia is near the national base, so for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping, whose median is $45,360, the adjusted figure of $36,506 differs little from $36,779 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $45,770 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,510 |
| 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 Virginia | $36,779 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,627 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,244 |
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 | $43,061 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,923 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
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 weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping in Virginia earn under $45,360 and half over. The published range runs $32,130 at the tenth percentile to $59,510 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $36,779 take-home in Virginia comes from $45,360. 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 371 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Virginia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $36,506, the adjusted value of that $45,360 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 371 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping in Virginia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,130 to $59,510; 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.
- Retained pay of $36,779, from $45,360, assumes a single Virginia 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 371 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 36 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Virginia, so $36,506 — the adjusted value of that $45,360 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 371 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $32,130 at the bottom tenth to $59,510 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $36,506 of national purchasing power.
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 $36,779.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($32,130 to $59,510) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Virginia rather than a national figure.
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 $36,506 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 $36,779 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.