Amusement and Recreation Attendants in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$23,490
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$3,080
11.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$24,173
Texas costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Texas — 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
$26,570
Kept after tax
$23,490
Worth in national money
$24,173
State rank
44
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Texas. The middle earner gets $26,570. That is 44 of 51 states, and about 17.36% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 493 occupations Texas publishes, this job lands at 488. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $26,570, take-home of $23,490 is worth roughly $24,173 in national money. The average comes to $27,650, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For amusement and recreation attendants, Texas sits in the lower band at $26,570, ranking 44 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 17.36%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Texas, this work ranks 488 of 493 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 Texas is near the national base, so for amusement and recreation attendants, whose median is $26,570, the adjusted figure of $24,173 differs little from $23,490 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $27,650 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Amusement and Recreation Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $20,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $26,570 |
| Top tenth earn over | $36,500 |
| This salary | $26,570 |
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 Texas | $23,490 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $23,490 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,467 |
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 | $26,570 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,843 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
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 amusement and recreation attendants in Texas earn under $26,570 and half over. The published range runs $20,140 at the tenth percentile to $36,500 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Texas's $23,490, worked from $26,570. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 488 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $24,173, the adjusted value of that $26,570 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 488 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for amusement and recreation attendants in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $20,140 to $36,500; 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.
- The Texas take-home of $23,490, on $26,570 for work ranking 488 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 488 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $24,173 — the adjusted value of that $26,570 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 488 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $27,650, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $20,140 at the bottom tenth to $36,500 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Texas is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $24,173 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $23,490 of this wage reaches your account, because Texas takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Texas is $27,650. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($20,140 to $36,500) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Texas rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Texas's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $24,173 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Texas levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $23,490 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.