Education Administrators, Postsecondary in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$82,268
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$22,122
21.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$84,660
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
$104,390
Kept after tax
$82,268
Worth in national money
$84,660
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Texas pays this job around $104,390 at the midpoint, 26 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Texas. It ranks 52 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $104,390, take-home of $82,268 is worth roughly $84,660 in national money. The average comes to $124,970, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For education administrators, postsecondary the Texas median is $104,390, ranking 26 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.
- Within Texas, education administrators, postsecondary ranks 52 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.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for education administrators, postsecondary, whose median is $104,390, the adjusted figure of $84,660 differs little from $82,268 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $124,970 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,860 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $215,450 |
| This salary | $104,390 |
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 | $82,268 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $82,268 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,137 |
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 | $104,390 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,554 |
| 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, postsecondary in Texas earn under $104,390 and half over. The published range runs $66,860 at the tenth percentile to $215,450 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 $82,268, worked from $104,390. 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 52 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $84,660, the adjusted value of that $104,390 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 52 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for education administrators, postsecondary in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $66,860 to $215,450; 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 $82,268, on $104,390 for work ranking 52 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 52 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $84,660 — the adjusted value of that $104,390 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 52 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 $124,970, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $66,860 and the top tenth $215,450 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $84,660.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $82,268 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 $124,970. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($66,860) and the ninetieth ($215,450) 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 $84,660 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 $82,268 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.