Court, Municipal, and License Clerks in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,607
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$6,973
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,758
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
$46,580
Kept after tax
$39,607
Worth in national money
$40,758
State rank
32
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Texas pays court, municipal, and license clerks around $46,580 at the midpoint, 32 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Texas reports figures for, this is number 323.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $46,580, tax leaves $39,607, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $40,758 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $46,510.
- For court, municipal, and license clerks the Texas median is $46,580, ranking 32 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Texas's occupational distribution, court, municipal, and license clerks sits at 323 of 493 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Texas sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for court, municipal, and license clerks — median $46,580 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $39,607 retained, $40,758 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $46,510 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Court, Municipal, and License Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,120 |
| This salary | $46,580 |
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 | $39,607 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $39,607 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,473 |
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 | $46,580 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,184 |
| 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 $46,580. The published range is $36,220 up to $60,120, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $39,607, from $46,580, 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 323 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $40,758, the adjusted value of that $46,580 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 323 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for court, municipal, and license clerks in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,220 to $60,120. 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 $39,607 from $46,580. 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 323 of 493 locally.
- This $40,758 adjusted figure, worked from $46,580, 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 323 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 323 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,220 at the bottom tenth to $60,120 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 $40,758.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $39,607 of this wage reaches your account, because Texas takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,220 to $60,120) 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 $40,758 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 $39,607 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.