Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,766
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$8,235
15.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,067
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
$53,000
Kept after tax
$44,766
Worth in national money
$46,067
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $53,000, ranking 45 of 51 states — about 28.68% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 252 among 493 occupations Texas publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $53,000 the take-home is $44,766, which is worth about $46,067 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $64,230, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Texas ranks 45 of 51 for cardiovascular technologists and technicians, with a median of $53,000 — about 28.68% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 252 of 493 in Texas places cardiovascular technologists and technicians in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Texas's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for cardiovascular technologists and technicians on its $53,000 median: $44,766 retained after tax becomes $46,067 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $64,230 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,650 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,120 |
| This salary | $53,000 |
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 | $44,766 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $44,766 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,795 |
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 | $53,000 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,599 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $53,000 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,650 and the ninetieth is $103,120 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Texas's $44,766, worked from $53,000. 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 252 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $46,067, the adjusted value of that $53,000 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 252 of 493 in the state.
- The Texas median of $53,000 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,650 to $103,120. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Texas take-home of $44,766, on $53,000 for work ranking 252 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 252 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $46,067 — the adjusted value of that $53,000 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 252 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 $64,230, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $36,650 at the bottom tenth to $103,120 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Texas sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $46,067 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $44,766 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 $64,230. 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 ($36,650) and the ninetieth ($103,120) 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 $46,067 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 $44,766 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.