Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,552
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$18,448
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,690
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
$92,000
Kept after tax
$73,552
Worth in national money
$75,690
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $92,000, which ranks 7 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 11.89% above the national middle.
- Within Texas this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 88 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $92,000, tax leaves $73,552, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $75,690 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $100,680, since top earners drag the number up.
- Texas ranks 7 of 51 states publishing a median for environmental scientists and specialists, including health, at $92,000 — about 11.89% 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 scientists and specialists, including health sits 88 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.
- Because Texas sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for environmental scientists and specialists, including health — median $92,000 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $73,552 retained, $75,690 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $100,680 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $92,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $163,110 |
| This salary | $92,000 |
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 | $73,552 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $73,552 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,593 |
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 | $92,000 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,754 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $92,000 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $60,080 and the ninetieth is $163,110 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $73,552 take-home in Texas comes from $92,000. 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 88 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $75,690 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 88.
- The Texas median of $92,000 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $60,080 to $163,110. 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 $73,552, from $92,000, 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 88 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $75,690, worked from $92,000, 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 88 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $100,680 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $60,080 and the top tenth $163,110 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $75,690.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $73,552 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.
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 $100,680. 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 ($60,080) and the ninetieth ($163,110) 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 $75,690 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 $73,552 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.