Electricians in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,241
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$9,329
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,672
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
$58,570
Kept after tax
$49,241
Worth in national money
$50,672
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas is among the lower-paying states for electricians. The middle earner takes $58,570, ranking 45 of 51 states — about 7.31% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Texas, this sits in the middle: 228 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $58,570, tax leaves $49,241, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $50,672 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $59,280, since top earners drag the number up.
- Texas ranks 45 of 51 for electricians, with a median of $58,570 — about 7.31% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Electricians ranks 228 of 493 occupations in Texas by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Because Texas sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for electricians — median $58,570 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $49,241 retained, $50,672 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $59,280 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Electricians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,570 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,300 |
| This salary | $58,570 |
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 | $49,241 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $49,241 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,075 |
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 | $58,570 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,959 |
| 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 electricians in Texas earn under $58,570 and half over. The published range runs $37,920 at the tenth percentile to $80,300 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $49,241, from $58,570, 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 228 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 $50,672 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 228.
- Figures are distribution medians for electricians in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,920 to $80,300; 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 $49,241 from $58,570. 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 228 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $50,672, worked from $58,570, 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 228 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $37,920, the highest tenth $80,300, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $50,672.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $49,241 of this wage reaches your account, because Texas takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($37,920) and the ninetieth ($80,300) 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 $50,672 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 $49,241 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.