Budget Analysts in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$67,199
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$15,771
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,153
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
$82,970
Kept after tax
$67,199
Worth in national money
$69,153
State rank
34
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas sits in the middle of the pack for budget analysts. The median is $82,970, ranking 34 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Texas this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, budget analysts ranks 100 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $82,970, tax leaves $67,199, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $69,153 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $89,220, since top earners drag the number up.
- Texas occupies the middle band for budget analysts: a median of $82,970, ranking 34 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Texas publishes a median for, budget analysts sits 100 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Because Texas sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for budget analysts — median $82,970 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $67,199 retained, $69,153 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $89,220 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Budget Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $126,200 |
| This salary | $82,970 |
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 | $67,199 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $67,199 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,196 |
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 | $82,970 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,170 |
| 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 budget analysts in Texas earn under $82,970 and half over. The published range runs $60,840 at the tenth percentile to $126,200 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 $67,199, worked from $82,970. 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 100 of 493.
- Two cautions on $69,153, the adjusted value of that $82,970 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Texas. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 100 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for budget analysts in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $60,840 to $126,200; 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 $67,199, on $82,970 for work ranking 100 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 100 of 493 in the state.
- This $69,153 adjusted figure, worked from $82,970, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 100 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 100 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $89,220 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $60,840 and the top tenth $126,200 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $69,153 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $67,199 survives, because Texas levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $89,220. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($60,840) and the ninetieth ($126,200) 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 $69,153 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 $67,199 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.