Customer Service Representatives in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,657
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$5,763
14.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,665
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
$40,420
Kept after tax
$34,657
Worth in national money
$35,665
State rank
39
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Texas. The middle earner gets $40,420. That is 39 of 51 states, and about 9.72% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 493 occupations Texas publishes, this job lands at 384. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $40,420, take-home of $34,657 is worth roughly $35,665 in national money. The average comes to $43,220, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For customer service representatives, Texas sits in the lower band at $40,420, ranking 39 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 9.72%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Texas, this work ranks 384 of 493 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for customer service representatives, whose median is $40,420, the adjusted figure of $35,665 differs little from $34,657 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $43,220 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Customer Service Representatives
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,590 |
| This salary | $40,420 |
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 | $34,657 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $34,657 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,164 |
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 | $40,420 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,786 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $40,420 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $29,320 and the ninetieth is $59,590 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $34,657, from $40,420, 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 384 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $35,665, the adjusted value of that $40,420 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 384 of 493 locally.
- The Texas median of $40,420 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $29,320 to $59,590. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Texas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $34,657 from $40,420. 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 384 of 493 locally.
- This $35,665 adjusted figure, worked from $40,420, 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 384 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 384 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 $43,220, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $29,320 at the bottom tenth to $59,590 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 $35,665 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $34,657 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.
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 $43,220. 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 ($29,320) and the ninetieth ($59,590) 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 $35,665 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 $34,657 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.