First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,736
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$7,004
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,891
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
$46,740
Kept after tax
$39,736
Worth in national money
$40,891
State rank
46
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $46,740, ranking 46 of 51 states — about 16.45% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 319 among 493 occupations Texas publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $46,740 the take-home is $39,736, which is worth about $40,891 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $52,950, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Texas ranks 46 of 51 for first-line supervisors of security workers, with a median of $46,740 — about 16.45% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 319 of 493 in Texas places first-line supervisors of security 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.
- Texas's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for first-line supervisors of security workers on its $46,740 median: $39,736 retained after tax becomes $40,891 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $52,950 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $23,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $89,960 |
| This salary | $46,740 |
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 | $39,736 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $39,736 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,481 |
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 | $46,740 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,194 |
| 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 security workers in Texas earn under $46,740 and half over. The published range runs $23,940 at the tenth percentile to $89,960 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $39,736 take-home in Texas comes from $46,740. 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 319 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $40,891, the adjusted value of that $46,740 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 319 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of security workers in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $23,940 to $89,960; 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 $39,736, from $46,740, 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 319 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 46 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $40,891 — the adjusted value of that $46,740 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 319 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 $52,950 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $23,940 at the bottom tenth to $89,960 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $40,891 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $39,736 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 $52,950. 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 ($23,940) and the ninetieth ($89,960) 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 $40,891 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 $39,736 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.