Cashiers in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$25,666
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$3,564
12.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$26,412
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
$29,230
Kept after tax
$25,666
Worth in national money
$26,412
State rank
37
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Texas pays cashiers a middle wage of $29,230, 37 of 51 states and about 11.1% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Texas this is lower-paid work. Of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, cashiers ranks 482. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $29,230 the take-home is $25,666, which is worth about $26,412 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $29,920, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Texas's $29,230 median for cashiers places it 37 of 51 states, about 11.1% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Texas reports, cashiers ranks 482 of 493, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Texas's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for cashiers on its $29,230 median: $25,666 retained after tax becomes $26,412 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $29,920 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Cashiers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $22,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $29,230 |
| Top tenth earn over | $36,980 |
| This salary | $29,230 |
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 | $25,666 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $25,666 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,603 |
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 | $29,230 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,063 |
| 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 $29,230. The published range is $22,090 up to $36,980, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Texas's $25,666, worked from $29,230. 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 482 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $26,412, the adjusted value of that $29,230 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 482 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for cashiers in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $22,090 to $36,980. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Texas take-home of $25,666, on $29,230 for work ranking 482 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 482 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $26,412 — the adjusted value of that $29,230 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 482 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $22,090 at the bottom tenth to $36,980 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $26,412.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $25,666 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($22,090 to $36,980) 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 $26,412 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 $25,666 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.