Database Administrators in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$89,310
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$25,090
21.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$91,907
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
$114,400
Kept after tax
$89,310
Worth in national money
$91,907
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas is one of the better-paying states for database administrators. The middle earner takes $114,400, which ranks 9 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 9.35% above the national middle.
- Within Texas this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, database administrators ranks 40 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $114,400, take-home of $89,310 is worth roughly $91,907 in national money. The average lands at $113,270, below the middle of the range.
- Texas ranks 9 of 51 states publishing a median for database administrators, at $114,400 — about 9.35% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Ranked against every occupation Texas publishes a median for, database administrators sits 40 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.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for database administrators, whose median is $114,400, the adjusted figure of $91,907 differs little from $89,310 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $113,270 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Database Administrators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $114,400 |
| Top tenth earn over | $161,590 |
| This salary | $114,400 |
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 | $89,310 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $89,310 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,576 |
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 | $114,400 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,224 |
| 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 $114,400. The published range is $59,950 up to $161,590, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $89,310 take-home in Texas comes from $114,400. 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 40 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $91,907 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 40.
- Reported values are medians; for database administrators in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $59,950 to $161,590. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $89,310, from $114,400, 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 40 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $91,907, worked from $114,400, 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 40 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $59,950 and the top tenth $161,590 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $91,907 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $89,310 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($59,950) and the ninetieth ($161,590) 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 $91,907 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 $89,310 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.