Baggage Porters and Bellhops in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$27,153
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$3,927
12.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,942
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
$31,080
Kept after tax
$27,153
Worth in national money
$27,942
State rank
30
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas sits in the middle of the pack for baggage porters and bellhops. The median is $31,080, ranking 30 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Texas, this one sits low: 466 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $31,080 the take-home is $27,153, which is worth about $27,942 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $30,700, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Texas occupies the middle band for baggage porters and bellhops: a median of $31,080, ranking 30 of 48. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Baggage porters and bellhops occupies position 466 of 493 in Texas's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Texas's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for baggage porters and bellhops on its $31,080 median: $27,153 retained after tax becomes $27,942 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $30,700 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Baggage Porters and Bellhops
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $19,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $31,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $43,620 |
| This salary | $31,080 |
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 | $27,153 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $27,153 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,695 |
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 | $31,080 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,183 |
| 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 baggage porters and bellhops in Texas earn under $31,080 and half over. The published range runs $19,180 at the tenth percentile to $43,620 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $27,153 take-home in Texas comes from $31,080. 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 466 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $27,942, the adjusted value of that $31,080 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 466 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for baggage porters and bellhops in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $19,180 to $43,620; 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 $27,153, from $31,080, assumes a single Texas 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 466 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $27,942 — the adjusted value of that $31,080 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 466 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $19,180 and the top tenth $43,620 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $27,942.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $27,153 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($19,180) and the ninetieth ($43,620) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $27,942 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 $27,153 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.
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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.