Washington · BLS May 2025
Also called delivery driver. SOC 53-3031.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 5,890 driver/sales workers working in Washington. Here is what they are paid, what the median leaves after federal and FICA tax, and what that is worth against local prices.
Median pay · Washington
$41,570A year, or $19.98 an hour.| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentileEntry and lowest-paid | $34,650 | $16.66 |
| 25th percentile | $35,120 | $16.89 |
| MedianHalf earn more, half less | $41,570 | $19.98 |
| 75th percentile | $56,460 | $27.14 |
| 90th percentileMost experienced and senior | $69,580 | $33.45 |
| MeanThe average, pulled up by the top | $47,580 | $22.87 |
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A $41,570 salary in Washington, for one single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026.
Prices in Washington sit at 107 against a national average of 100, so $41,570 earned here buys what $38,846 buys at national average prices.
Common questions
The median wage for driver/sales workers in Washington is $41,570 a year, or $19.98 an hour.
Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.
On the median wage of $41,570, one filer taking the standard deduction keeps about $35,582 a year, or roughly $2,965 a month.
That is after federal and FICA tax, an effective rate of 14.4%.
Washington levies no state income tax on wages, so nothing is withheld for it.
Yes. The median in Washington is 7.2% above the national median of $38,770.
Nominal pay is only half the comparison: prices in Washington sit at 107 against a national 100, so the gap in what the money buys is different from the gap in the salary.
It is 0.42 times the median household income of $98,141. A household often has more than one earner, so a single salary at this level goes further than the ratio alone suggests.
Prices in Washington run at 107 against a national average of 100, with rents at 126, so $41,570 here buys about what $38,846 buys at national average prices.
The top tenth earn $69,580 a year or more, against $34,650 at the bottom tenth.
Experience, specialism, employer and the part of Washington someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.
The survey counted 5,890 of these jobs in Washington for May 2025.
That makes the occupation 37% less concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.
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