First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,451
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$7,179
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,627
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
$47,630
Kept after tax
$40,451
Worth in national money
$41,627
State rank
50
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Texas pays this job a middle wage of $47,630, 50 of 51 states and about 18.48% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 305 among 493 occupations Texas publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $47,630, take-home of $40,451 is worth roughly $41,627 in national money. The average comes to $51,340, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Texas's $47,630 median for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers places it 50 of 51 states, about 18.48% 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.
- Position 305 of 493 in Texas places first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 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 first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers, whose median is $47,630, the adjusted figure of $41,627 differs little from $40,451 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $51,340 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,590 |
| This salary | $47,630 |
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 | $40,451 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $40,451 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,526 |
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 | $47,630 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,252 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers in Texas earn under $47,630 and half over. The published range runs $37,000 at the tenth percentile to $72,590 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $40,451 take-home in Texas comes from $47,630. 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 305 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,627 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 305.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,000 to $72,590; 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 $40,451, from $47,630, 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 305 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 50 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,627, worked from $47,630, 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 305 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 $51,340, 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $37,000 and the top tenth $72,590 — 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 $41,627.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $40,451 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.
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 $51,340. 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 ($37,000) and the ninetieth ($72,590) 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 $41,627 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 $40,451 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.