Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,986
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$5,354
14.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,945
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
$38,340
Kept after tax
$32,986
Worth in national money
$33,945
State rank
48
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Texas. The middle earner gets $38,340. That is 48 of 49 states, and about 17.87% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 493 occupations Texas publishes, this job lands at 404. 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 $38,340, take-home of $32,986 is worth roughly $33,945 in national money. The average comes to $40,020, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For cabinetmakers and bench carpenters, Texas sits in the lower band at $38,340, ranking 48 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 17.87%. 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 404 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 cabinetmakers and bench carpenters, whose median is $38,340, the adjusted figure of $33,945 differs little from $32,986 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $40,020 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $53,210 |
| This salary | $38,340 |
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 | $32,986 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $32,986 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,060 |
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 | $38,340 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,652 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Texas earn less than $38,340. The published range is $28,700 up to $53,210, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $32,986 take-home in Texas comes from $38,340. 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 404 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $33,945, the adjusted value of that $38,340 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 404 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for cabinetmakers and bench carpenters in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $28,700 to $53,210. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $32,986, from $38,340, 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 404 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 48 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $33,945 — the adjusted value of that $38,340 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 404 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 $40,020 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $28,700 at the tenth percentile, $53,210 at the ninetieth.
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 $33,945 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $32,986 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.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $40,020. 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 ($28,700 to $53,210) 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 $33,945 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 $32,986 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.