Dental Hygienists in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,645
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$20,595
20.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,932
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
$99,240
Kept after tax
$78,645
Worth in national money
$80,932
State rank
17
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas sits in the middle of the pack for dental hygienists. The median is $99,240, ranking 17 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Texas. It ranks 71 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $99,240 the take-home is $78,645, which is worth about $80,932 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $96,240, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Texas occupies the middle band for dental hygienists: a median of $99,240, ranking 17 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Within Texas, dental hygienists ranks 71 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Texas's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for dental hygienists on its $99,240 median: $78,645 retained after tax becomes $80,932 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $96,240 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Dental Hygienists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $71,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $117,890 |
| This salary | $99,240 |
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 | $78,645 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $78,645 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,911 |
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 | $99,240 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,221 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $99,240 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $71,530 and the ninetieth is $117,890 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Texas's $78,645, worked from $99,240. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 71 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $80,932, the adjusted value of that $99,240 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 71 of 493 in the state.
- The Texas median of $99,240 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $71,530 to $117,890. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Texas take-home of $78,645, on $99,240 for work ranking 71 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 71 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $80,932 — the adjusted value of that $99,240 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 71 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $96,240, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $71,530 at the bottom tenth to $117,890 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $80,932 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $78,645 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $96,240. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($71,530 to $117,890) 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 $80,932 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 $78,645 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.