What Management Analysts earn in Chesapeake city, VA
According to the latest federal wage data for the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area, the median pay for Management Analysts in Chesapeake city, VA is $101,380 a year, or $48.74 an hour. After federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare and state income tax, the paycheck shrinks to $74,842 a year, and rent, food and energy take another bite. The sections below walk through each step with the actual math for Chesapeake city, VA.
The mean wage is $106,020, which is 4.6% above the median, a sign that a group of high earners lifts the average. The survey counts about 6,810 people working in this occupation across the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area, so the estimate rests on a substantial pool of workers. Chesapeake city, VA has roughly 252,583 residents, according to the population figures used by the rent data.
The salary range, from entry level to top earners
Pay for Management Analysts in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area is not one number. The lowest-paid tenth of workers earn up to $61,910 a year ($29.76 an hour), while the highest-paid tenth earn $152,800 or more ($73.46 an hour). That is a gap of $90,890 between the bottom and the top of the scale. The middle half of workers falls between $78,240 at the 25th percentile and $125,690 at the 75th percentile. A top-tier earner makes 2.5 times what someone at the bottom makes, so experience, certification and employer all matter.
What the hourly rate looks like
Employers quote this occupation by the hour or by the year, so here are both: $48.74 an hour or $101,380 a year at the median for Chesapeake city, VA. Before any deductions, that is $8,448 a month, $3,899 every two weeks and $1,950 each week. After taxes the same job pays $35.98 per hour of take-home income, which is the number that actually has to cover rent and groceries.
About this occupation: Management Analysts
The U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET database describes the work of Management Analysts this way: "Conduct organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct work simplification and measurement studies, and prepare operations and procedures manuals to assist management in operating more efficiently and effectively. Includes program analysts and management consultants."
Core tasks recorded by O*NET include: "Gather and organize information on problems or procedures"; "Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding"; "Confer with personnel concerned to ensure successful functioning of newly implemented systems or procedures"; "Develop and implement records management program for filing, protection, and retrieval of records, and assure compliance with program".
Job outlook for Management Analysts
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects national employment in this occupation to grow from 1,077,100 jobs in 2025 to 1,186,300 in 2035, a change of +10.1%, faster than the 3.5% projected for all occupations. The projection counts 94,100 openings a year on average, including positions created by growth and positions left by workers who retire or move to another occupation; that equals 8.7% of current employment each year. About 14.0% of the people in this occupation are self-employed, and wage figures cover wage and salary workers only.
Typical entry-level education: bachelor's degree. Work experience in a related occupation: less than 5 years. BLS lists a national median annual wage of $101,860 for this occupation; the Chesapeake city, VA median of $101,380 is 0.5% below it.
How pay in Chesapeake city, VA compares
Compared with the Virginia average
Pay in Chesapeake city, VA runs $19,235 below the Virginia average of $120,615, a gap of 15.9%. A worker who moved to a better-paying part of Virginia would, on paper, gain that difference before taxes. Within Virginia, the highest median we track for this job is $126,830 in Fairfax County, VA.
Compared with the national average
The national employment-weighted average for Management Analysts is $104,572 across the contiguous United States. At $101,380, Chesapeake city, VA pays $3,192 less, which is 3.0% below that benchmark. Keep in mind that a higher salary only helps if living costs do not rise faster, which is why the cost sections below matter as much as the headline number.
Where this job ranks in Chesapeake city, VA
Among the 520 occupations with published wages in Chesapeake city, VA, Management Analysts ranks number 65 by median pay, ahead of about 88% of them. The best-paying occupation we track here is Software Developers at $129,090 a year, which is $27,710 more than the median for Management Analysts.
From gross pay to take-home pay
Three separate tax bills sit between the gross salary and the bank account: federal income tax, FICA, and state income tax. For Management Analysts earning the Chesapeake city, VA median of $101,380, they add up to $26,538. The result is $74,842 of take-home pay a year ($6,237 a month), based on a single filer using the standard deduction.
Put another way, of every $100 earned, about $26 goes to taxes and $74 reaches the paycheck. The overall effective tax rate is 26.2%.
Federal income tax
After the $15,750 standard deduction, taxable income is $85,630. Federal brackets are marginal, so only the slice of income above each threshold is taxed at the higher rate; the last dollars of this salary fall in the 22% bracket. The resulting federal income tax is $13,753, an effective 13.6% of gross pay, well below the 22% marginal rate because the lower brackets are cheaper.
Social Security and Medicare (FICA)
Payroll taxes are a flat percentage of wages. Social Security takes 6.2% up to a wage base of $176,100, which costs $6,286 on this salary. Medicare takes 1.45%, or $1,470. FICA totals $7,756, which is 7.6% of gross pay.
State income tax in Virginia
Virginia income tax on this salary is $5,030 a year, or 5.0% of gross pay, after the state's own deductions and exemptions are applied. That is 37% of the federal income tax bill, and it comes out to $419 a month. Local taxes such as county or city income taxes are not included, so a few jurisdictions may withhold slightly more.
A cross-check with IRS data for Chesapeake city, VA
IRS Statistics of Income data for Chesapeake city, VA show an average adjusted gross income of $84,857 per return and an average effective federal income tax rate of 11.5% across all filers. Filers in the $100,000 to under $200,000 bracket, where this salary falls, paid an average of 10.6%, compared with the 13.6% estimated here for a single filer taking the standard deduction. Gaps between the two reflect filing status, dependents, credits and other income, none of which a single-person wage estimate includes.
Cost of living in Chesapeake city, VA
Take-home pay only means something next to what life costs. We price four basics for one adult in Chesapeake city, VA: a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline. All of them are converted to annual figures first, then compared with the $74,842 of take-home pay.
Rent
Housing is the largest line in most budgets. For Chesapeake city, VA, HUD sets the Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom unit at $1,488 a month ($17,856 a year), and at $1,667 for two bedrooms. For Management Analysts, a one-bedroom absorbs 23.9% of take-home pay and 17.6% of gross pay.
Food
The USDA Thrifty Food Plan (August 2026) puts the cost of a nutritious home-cooked diet for an adult at about $3,436 a year, which is $286 a month or $66.07 a week. That equals 3.4% of gross pay for Management Analysts in Chesapeake city, VA. It is a thrifty budget with no restaurant meals, so treat it as a floor.
Energy and gasoline
Using Virginia residential prices from the Energy Information Administration and national household averages for consumption, electricity costs about $1,523 a year and other home energy such as natural gas about $597, for $2,119 in total. Gasoline in Virginia averages $3.09 per gallon; at about 463 gallons a year (11,106 miles at 24 miles per gallon) fuel adds $1,429.
What is left over
Rent, food, energy and gasoline cost $24,840 a year in Chesapeake city, VA. Subtract that from $74,842 of take-home pay and $50,002 remains, which is $4,167 a month of breathing room. That margin equals 49.3% of gross pay, a comfortable cushion by common budgeting rules.
Local housing and commute data for Chesapeake city, VA
The budget above covers rent, food, energy and gasoline. Three more local facts shape what a paycheck buys in Chesapeake city, VA: property taxes, housing prices and the daily commute. The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Chesapeake city, VA, set beside the Virginia and national medians.
Property taxes in Chesapeake city, VA
Homeowners in Chesapeake city, VA pay a median of $3,108 a year in real estate taxes, 11% above the Virginia median of $2,790 and in line with the U.S. median of $3,119. Against a median home value of $378,400, the median tax bill is 0.82% of that value (the ratio of the two county medians). For a worker paid the local Management Analysts median of $101,380, a tax bill of that size would equal 3.1% of gross pay, which matters for anyone planning to buy rather than rent.
Rents, home prices and household income in Chesapeake city, VA
Renters in Chesapeake city, VA pay a median gross rent of $1,586 a month in the Census survey, in line with the Virginia median of $1,579. HUD's Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom apartment, which this site uses in the budget, is $1,488 a month; the two measures differ because the Census figure covers units of every size that renters already occupy, while the HUD figure is a one-bedroom benchmark. The median value of an owner-occupied home is $378,400, 1% below the Virginia median of $383,700. Median household income is $95,373, 2% above the Virginia median of $93,170, so a year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent equals 18.7% of that income.
Commuting in Chesapeake city, VA
Workers in Chesapeake city, VA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 25.8 minutes each way, 5% below the Virginia average of 27.3. For someone who commutes five days a week, that is 4.3 hours of round-trip travel every week, a cost the budget does not price. 13.1% of workers in Chesapeake city, VA work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally, which removes the commute for them.
Can Management Analysts afford to live in Chesapeake city, VA?
The 30% rent guideline
A common rule of thumb says rent should stay under 30% of gross income. For a gross salary of $101,380 that ceiling is $2,535 a month. The one-bedroom Fair Market Rent of $1,488 is $1,047 under it, so rent fits the guideline. Put as a wage, covering a one-bedroom at the 30% guideline takes $28.62 an hour; the median for Management Analysts is $48.74, which is 70% above that mark. Another way to see it: at $35.98 of take-home pay an hour, a one-bedroom takes about 9.5 working hours every week.
Splitting a two-bedroom
Sharing a two-bedroom at $1,667 a month means $834 each. Compared with renting a one-bedroom alone, that saves $7,854 a year. With a roommate, the yearly margin after the basics becomes $57,856.
How fast you can save
At $4,167 a month of margin, building a $10,000 emergency fund would take about 3 months. Setting aside half of the margin stretches the same goal to about 6 months. These figures ignore interest, raises and any spending beyond the four basics.
Frequently asked questions about Management Analysts pay in Chesapeake city, VA
How much do Management Analysts make per hour in Chesapeake city, VA?
The median is $48.74 per hour, based on $101,380 a year over 2,080 hours. Hourly pay runs from about $29.76 at the 10th percentile to $73.46 at the 90th percentile.
How much do Management Analysts take home after taxes in Chesapeake city, VA?
After federal income tax, FICA and state income tax, the median salary of $101,380 becomes $74,842 a year. That is $6,237 a month, $2,879 every two weeks or $1,439 a week.
How much tax do Management Analysts pay in Chesapeake city, VA?
Total taxes are $26,538 a year, an effective rate of 26.2%: $13,753 federal income tax, $7,756 FICA and $5,030 Virginia income tax.
Do Management Analysts earn more in Chesapeake city, VA than elsewhere in Virginia?
No. The local median of $101,380 is -15.9% versus the Virginia average of $120,615, a difference of $19,235 a year.
Can Management Analysts afford a one-bedroom apartment in Chesapeake city, VA?
A one-bedroom costs $1,488 a month against take-home pay of $6,237, which is 23.9% of take-home pay. That meets the 30%-of-gross guideline, which allows up to $2,535 a month.
What is the monthly budget margin for Management Analysts in Chesapeake city, VA?
About $4,167 a month ($50,002 a year) remains after a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline, which together cost $24,840 a year.
What hourly wage covers a one-bedroom in Chesapeake city, VA at the 30% guideline?
$28.62 an hour for a full-time schedule, calculated as the $17,856 annual rent divided by 0.30 and by 2,080 hours. The median for Management Analysts is $48.74.
How we calculated these numbers
Wages are May 2025 medians from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area; hourly-only values are annualized at 2,080 hours. Rents are HUD Fair Market Rents, food costs come from the USDA Thrifty Food Plan, and energy prices come from the Energy Information Administration. County-level tax statistics come from the IRS Statistics of Income.
Taxes use tax-year 2025 federal brackets, FICA rates and the Virginia rules for a single filer with wage income only. Figures are estimates for planning and comparison, not tax or financial advice, and they exclude local income taxes, benefits, retirement contributions and individual circumstances.