First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$86,919
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$24,082
21.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$89,445
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
$111,000
Kept after tax
$86,919
Worth in national money
$89,445
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Texas pays this job a middle wage of $111,000, ranking 15 of 51 states and sitting about 4.68% above the national middle.
- Within Texas this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 45 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $111,000, take-home of $86,919 is worth roughly $89,445 in national money. The average sits at $111,000, the same as the middle.
- Texas's median for first-line supervisors of police and detectives is $111,000, about 4.68% above the national figure and 15 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Texas publishes a median for, first-line supervisors of police and detectives sits 45 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.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for first-line supervisors of police and detectives, whose median is $111,000, the adjusted figure of $89,445 differs little from $86,919 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. Mean and median are identical at $111,000, unusual in wage data and worth noting.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $70,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $111,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $149,570 |
| This salary | $111,000 |
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 | $86,919 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $86,919 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,427 |
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 | $111,000 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,981 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $111,000 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $70,910 and the ninetieth is $149,570 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $86,919 take-home in Texas comes from $111,000. 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 45 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $89,445, the adjusted value of that $111,000 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 45 of 493 in the state.
- The Texas median of $111,000 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $70,910 to $149,570. 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 $86,919, from $111,000, 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 45 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $89,445 — the adjusted value of that $111,000 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 45 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $70,910 at the bottom tenth to $149,570 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 $89,445 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $86,919 survives, because Texas levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($70,910 to $149,570) 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 $89,445 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 $86,919 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.