Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,896
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$19,014
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,073
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
$93,910
Kept after tax
$74,896
Worth in national money
$77,073
State rank
44
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 $93,910. That is 44 of 51 states, and about 11.3% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Texas reports, this job comes in at 84 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $93,910, tax leaves $74,896, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $77,073 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $96,510, since top earners drag the number up.
- For education administrators, kindergarten through secondary, Texas sits in the lower band at $93,910, ranking 44 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 11.3%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary ranks 84 of 493 occupations by median in Texas, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Because Texas sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary — median $93,910 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $74,896 retained, $77,073 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $96,510 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $72,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $93,910 |
| Top tenth earn over | $128,700 |
| This salary | $93,910 |
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 | $74,896 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $74,896 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,676 |
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 | $93,910 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,877 |
| 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 education administrators, kindergarten through secondary in Texas earn under $93,910 and half over. The published range runs $72,230 at the tenth percentile to $128,700 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $74,896, from $93,910, 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 84 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $77,073 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 84.
- Figures are distribution medians for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $72,230 to $128,700; 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.
- Take-home for Texas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $74,896 from $93,910. 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 84 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $77,073, worked from $93,910, 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 84 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $72,230 at the tenth percentile, $128,700 at the ninetieth.
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 $77,073 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $74,896 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?
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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($72,230 to $128,700) 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 $77,073 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 $74,896 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.