Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$101,638
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$30,582
23.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$104,593
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
$132,220
Kept after tax
$101,638
Worth in national money
$104,593
State rank
8
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Texas pays this job a middle wage of $132,220, ranking 8 of 50 states and sitting about 1.54% above the national middle.
- Within Texas this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 23 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $132,220 the take-home is $101,638, which is worth about $104,593 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $137,760, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Texas's median for electronics engineers, except computer is $132,220, about 1.54% above the national figure and 8 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Texas publishes a median for, electronics engineers, except computer sits 23 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Texas's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for electronics engineers, except computer on its $132,220 median: $101,638 retained after tax becomes $104,593 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $137,760 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $82,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $132,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $205,710 |
| This salary | $132,220 |
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 | $101,638 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $101,638 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,346 |
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 | $132,220 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$9,605 |
| 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 electronics engineers, except computer in Texas earn under $132,220 and half over. The published range runs $82,950 at the tenth percentile to $205,710 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $101,638 take-home in Texas comes from $132,220. 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 23 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $104,593 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 23.
- Figures are distribution medians for electronics engineers, except computer in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $82,950 to $205,710; 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.
- Retained pay of $101,638, from $132,220, 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 23 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $104,593, worked from $132,220, 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 23 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 $137,760, 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $82,950 at the bottom tenth to $205,710 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 $104,593 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $101,638 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $137,760. 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 ($82,950) and the ninetieth ($205,710) 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 $104,593 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 $101,638 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.