Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,608
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$10,152
16.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,137
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
$62,760
Kept after tax
$52,608
Worth in national money
$54,137
State rank
27
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Texas pays this job around $62,760 at the midpoint, 27 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 188 among 493 occupations Texas publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $62,760, take-home of $52,608 is worth roughly $54,137 in national money. The average lands at $61,890, below the middle of the range.
- For elementary school teachers, except special education the Texas median is $62,760, ranking 27 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.
- Position 188 of 493 in Texas places elementary school teachers, except special education in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for elementary school teachers, except special education, whose median is $62,760, the adjusted figure of $54,137 differs little from $52,608 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $61,890 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $73,570 |
| This salary | $62,760 |
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 | $52,608 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $52,608 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,285 |
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 | $62,760 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,299 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $62,760 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $48,500 and the ninetieth is $73,570 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $52,608 take-home in Texas comes from $62,760. 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 188 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $54,137 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 188.
- The Texas median of $62,760 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $48,500 to $73,570. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $52,608, from $62,760, 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 188 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 27 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $54,137, worked from $62,760, 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 188 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $48,500 at the bottom tenth to $73,570 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 $54,137 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $52,608 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,500 to $73,570) 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 $54,137 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 $52,608 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.