Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,407
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$20,073
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,658
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
$97,480
Kept after tax
$77,407
Worth in national money
$79,658
State rank
19
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $97,480, ranking 19 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Texas reports, this job comes in at 78 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $97,480, tax leaves $77,407, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $79,658 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $101,440, since top earners drag the number up.
- Texas occupies the middle band for computer science teachers, postsecondary: a median of $97,480, ranking 19 of 48. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Computer science teachers, postsecondary ranks 78 of 493 occupations by median in Texas, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Because Texas sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for computer science teachers, postsecondary — median $97,480 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $77,407 retained, $79,658 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $101,440 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $161,040 |
| This salary | $97,480 |
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 | $77,407 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $77,407 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,833 |
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 | $97,480 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,107 |
| 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 $97,480. The published range is $47,960 up to $161,040, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $77,407, from $97,480, 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 78 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $79,658 uses one figure for the whole of Texas. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 78.
- Reported values are medians; for computer science teachers, postsecondary in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,960 to $161,040. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Texas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $77,407 from $97,480. 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 78 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $79,658, worked from $97,480, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Texas address, on work sitting at 78 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 $101,440 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $47,960 at the bottom tenth to $161,040 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $79,658 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $77,407 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 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 $101,440. 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 ($47,960) and the ninetieth ($161,040) 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 $79,658 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 $77,407 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.