Diagnostic Medical Sonographers in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,960
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$18,620
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,110
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
$92,580
Kept after tax
$73,960
Worth in national money
$76,110
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $92,580, ranking 30 of 51 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 87 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 $92,580 the take-home is $73,960, which is worth about $76,110 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $88,940, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Texas occupies the middle band for diagnostic medical sonographers: a median of $92,580, ranking 30 of 51. 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, diagnostic medical sonographers ranks 87 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 diagnostic medical sonographers on its $92,580 median: $73,960 retained after tax becomes $76,110 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $88,940 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $92,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $106,090 |
| This salary | $92,580 |
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 | $73,960 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $73,960 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,618 |
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 | $92,580 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,791 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $92,580 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $64,360 and the ninetieth is $106,090 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $73,960 take-home in Texas comes from $92,580. 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 87 of 493.
- Two cautions on $76,110, the adjusted value of that $92,580 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 87 of 493 locally.
- The Texas median of $92,580 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $64,360 to $106,090. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $73,960, from $92,580, 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 87 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 51 for it.
- This $76,110 adjusted figure, worked from $92,580, 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 87 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 87 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 $88,940, 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 $64,360 at the bottom tenth to $106,090 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 $76,110 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $73,960 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 $88,940. 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 ($64,360 to $106,090) 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 $76,110 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 $73,960 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.