Fence Erectors in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,126
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$5,144
13.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,060
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
$37,270
Kept after tax
$32,126
Worth in national money
$33,060
State rank
44
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Texas pays fence erectors a middle wage of $37,270, 44 of 45 states and about 22.32% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Texas this is lower-paid work. Of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, fence erectors ranks 419. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $37,270, take-home of $32,126 is worth roughly $33,060 in national money. The average comes to $39,530, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Texas's $37,270 median for fence erectors places it 44 of 45 states, about 22.32% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Texas reports, fence erectors ranks 419 of 493, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for fence erectors, whose median is $37,270, the adjusted figure of $33,060 differs little from $32,126 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $39,530 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Fence Erectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,420 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $50,410 |
| This salary | $37,270 |
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 | $32,126 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $32,126 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,006 |
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 | $37,270 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,583 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $37,270 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,420 and the ninetieth is $50,410 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $32,126, from $37,270, 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 419 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 $33,060, the adjusted value of that $37,270 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 419 of 493 in the state.
- The Texas median of $37,270 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,420 to $50,410. 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 $32,126 from $37,270. 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 419 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $33,060 — the adjusted value of that $37,270 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 419 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $39,530, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $30,420 and the top tenth $50,410, so most people doing this work in Texas sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $33,060 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $32,126 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.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 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 $39,530. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($30,420 to $50,410) 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 $33,060 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 $32,126 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.