Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,919
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$8,761
15.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,283
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
$55,680
Kept after tax
$46,919
Worth in national money
$48,283
State rank
33
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $55,680, ranking 33 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Texas, this sits in the middle: 243 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $55,680 the take-home is $46,919, which is worth about $48,283 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $55,700, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Texas occupies the middle band for child, family, and school social workers: a median of $55,680, ranking 33 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.
- Child, family, and school social workers ranks 243 of 493 occupations in Texas by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Texas's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for child, family, and school social workers on its $55,680 median: $46,919 retained after tax becomes $48,283 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $55,700 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Child, Family, and School Social Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $73,670 |
| This salary | $55,680 |
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 | $46,919 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $46,919 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,930 |
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 | $55,680 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,772 |
| 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 child, family, and school social workers in Texas earn under $55,680 and half over. The published range runs $37,230 at the tenth percentile to $73,670 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $46,919, from $55,680, 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 243 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $48,283, the adjusted value of that $55,680 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 243 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for child, family, and school social workers in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,230 to $73,670; 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 $46,919 from $55,680. 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 243 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $48,283 — the adjusted value of that $55,680 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 243 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,230 at the tenth percentile, $73,670 at the ninetieth.
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 $48,283.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $46,919 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,230 to $73,670) 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 $48,283 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 $46,919 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.