Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,918
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$21,552
21.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$83,270
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
$102,470
Kept after tax
$80,918
Worth in national money
$83,270
State rank
23
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $102,470, ranking 23 of 48 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 58 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 $102,470 the take-home is $80,918, which is worth about $83,270 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $98,020, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Texas occupies the middle band for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay: a median of $102,470, ranking 23 of 48. 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, electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay ranks 58 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 electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay on its $102,470 median: $80,918 retained after tax becomes $83,270 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $98,020 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $102,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,870 |
| This salary | $102,470 |
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 | $80,918 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $80,918 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,052 |
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 | $102,470 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,430 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Texas earn less than $102,470. The published range is $63,840 up to $129,870, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $80,918 take-home in Texas comes from $102,470. 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 58 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $83,270, the adjusted value of that $102,470 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 58 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $63,840 to $129,870. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $80,918, from $102,470, 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 58 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 23 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $83,270 — the adjusted value of that $102,470 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 58 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $98,020, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $63,840 at the bottom tenth to $129,870 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Texas sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $83,270 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $80,918 survives, because Texas levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 48 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 $98,020. 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 ($63,840 to $129,870) 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 $83,270 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 $80,918 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.