Computer Systems Analysts in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$84,379
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$23,011
21.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$86,832
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
$107,390
Kept after tax
$84,379
Worth in national money
$86,832
State rank
16
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Texas pays computer systems analysts a middle wage of $107,390, ranking 16 of 50 states and sitting about 1.45% above the national middle.
- Within Texas this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, computer systems analysts ranks 47 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $107,390 the take-home is $84,379, which is worth about $86,832 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $117,170, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Texas's median for computer systems analysts is $107,390, about 1.45% above the national figure and 16 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Texas publishes a median for, computer systems analysts sits 47 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Texas's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for computer systems analysts on its $107,390 median: $84,379 retained after tax becomes $86,832 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $117,170 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Computer Systems Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $72,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $107,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $168,140 |
| This salary | $107,390 |
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 | $84,379 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $84,379 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,269 |
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 | $107,390 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,748 |
| 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 computer systems analysts in Texas earn under $107,390 and half over. The published range runs $72,530 at the tenth percentile to $168,140 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $84,379 take-home in Texas comes from $107,390. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 47 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $86,832, the adjusted value of that $107,390 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 47 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for computer systems analysts in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $72,530 to $168,140; 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.
- Retained pay of $84,379, from $107,390, assumes a single Texas filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 47 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $86,832 — the adjusted value of that $107,390 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 47 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 $117,170, 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 $72,530 and the top tenth $168,140 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $86,832 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $84,379 survives, because Texas levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 $117,170. 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 ($72,530) and the ninetieth ($168,140) 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 $86,832 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 $84,379 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.