Chemical Technicians in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,463
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$10,117
16.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,988
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
$62,580
Kept after tax
$52,463
Worth in national money
$53,988
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas is one of the better-paying states for chemical technicians. The middle earner takes $62,580, which ranks 12 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 3.63% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Chemical technicians ranks 193 among 493 occupations Texas publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $62,580, take-home of $52,463 is worth roughly $53,988 in national money. The average comes to $70,480, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Texas ranks 12 of 51 states publishing a median for chemical technicians, at $62,580 — about 3.63% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 193 of 493 in Texas places chemical 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.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for chemical technicians, whose median is $62,580, the adjusted figure of $53,988 differs little from $52,463 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $70,480 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Chemical Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $105,650 |
| This salary | $62,580 |
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 | $52,463 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $52,463 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,276 |
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 | $62,580 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,260 |
| 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 chemical technicians in Texas earn under $62,580 and half over. The published range runs $43,970 at the tenth percentile to $105,650 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $52,463, from $62,580, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 193 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $53,988, the adjusted value of that $62,580 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 193 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for chemical technicians in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,970 to $105,650; 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.
- Take-home for Texas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $52,463 from $62,580. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 193 of 493 locally.
- This $53,988 adjusted figure, worked from $62,580, 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 193 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 193 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 $70,480, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $43,970 and the top tenth $105,650 — 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 $53,988 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $52,463 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.
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 $70,480. 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 ($43,970) and the ninetieth ($105,650) 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 $53,988 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 $52,463 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.