Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $52K, rent takes 29% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,008/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new health technologists and technicians, all others typically earn — is $35K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,071/month. At HUD’s $1,008/month FMR, rent would take 49% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $52K locally vs. $50K nationally, a 3% difference.

West Virginia pays $52K median vs. the U.S. average of $50K — that’s +3%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 89.03), the purchasing-power equivalent is $58K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $51,580 a year, that works out to about $25 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $34,510, and experienced health technologists and technicians, all others can clear $71,240. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $3,475/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,008/month, which eats 29% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

West Virginia has a Regional Price Parity of 89.03 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median health technologists and technicians, all other salary is worth about $57,936 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.