Dietitians and Nutritionists in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,199
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$13,241
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,978
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
$74,440
Kept after tax
$61,199
Worth in national money
$62,978
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Texas pays dietitians and nutritionists around $74,440 at the midpoint, 21 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 148.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $74,440, take-home of $61,199 is worth roughly $62,978 in national money. The average lands at $72,670, below the middle of the range.
- For dietitians and nutritionists the Texas median is $74,440, ranking 21 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, dietitians and nutritionists sits at 148 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.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for dietitians and nutritionists, whose median is $74,440, the adjusted figure of $62,978 differs little from $61,199 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $72,670 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Dietitians and Nutritionists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,960 |
| This salary | $74,440 |
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 | $61,199 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $61,199 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,821 |
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 | $74,440 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,619 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of dietitians and nutritionists in Texas earn under $74,440 and half over. The published range runs $40,040 at the tenth percentile to $98,960 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Texas's $61,199, worked from $74,440. 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 148 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $62,978 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 148.
- Figures are distribution medians for dietitians and nutritionists in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,040 to $98,960; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Texas take-home of $61,199, on $74,440 for work ranking 148 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 148 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $62,978, worked from $74,440, 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 148 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $40,040 at the bottom tenth to $98,960 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 $62,978 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $61,199 survives, because Texas levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($40,040) and the ninetieth ($98,960) 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 $62,978 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 $61,199 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.