Environmental Engineers in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$95,378
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$27,682
22.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$98,150
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
$123,060
Kept after tax
$95,378
Worth in national money
$98,150
State rank
5
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas is one of the better-paying states for environmental engineers. The middle earner takes $123,060, which ranks 5 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 14.89% above the national middle.
- Within Texas this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, environmental engineers ranks 36 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $123,060 the take-home is $95,378, which is worth about $98,150 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $124,400, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Texas ranks 5 of 50 states publishing a median for environmental engineers, at $123,060 — about 14.89% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Ranked against every occupation Texas publishes a median for, environmental engineers sits 36 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 environmental engineers on its $123,060 median: $95,378 retained after tax becomes $98,150 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $124,400 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Environmental Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $76,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $123,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $177,820 |
| This salary | $123,060 |
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 | $95,378 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $95,378 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,955 |
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 | $123,060 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$9,014 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $123,060 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $76,510 and the ninetieth is $177,820 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $95,378, from $123,060, 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 36 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $98,150, the adjusted value of that $123,060 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 36 of 493 in the state.
- The Texas median of $123,060 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $76,510 to $177,820. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Texas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $95,378 from $123,060. 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 36 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $98,150 — the adjusted value of that $123,060 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 36 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $76,510 and the top tenth $177,820 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $98,150 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $95,378 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($76,510) and the ninetieth ($177,820) 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 $98,150 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 $95,378 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.