First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,390
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$9,610
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,855
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
$60,000
Kept after tax
$50,390
Worth in national money
$51,855
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Texas. The middle earner gets $60,000. That is 45 of 51 states, and about 4.6% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 214 among 493 occupations Texas publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $60,000, take-home of $50,390 is worth roughly $51,855 in national money. The average comes to $63,800, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For first-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling, Texas sits in the lower band at $60,000, ranking 45 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 4.6%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 214 of 493 in Texas places first-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling 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 transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling, whose median is $60,000, the adjusted figure of $51,855 differs little from $50,390 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $63,800 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $95,030 |
| This salary | $60,000 |
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 | $50,390 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $50,390 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,146 |
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 | $60,000 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,051 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Texas earn less than $60,000. The published range is $38,900 up to $95,030, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $50,390 take-home in Texas comes from $60,000. 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 214 of 493.
- Two cautions on $51,855, the adjusted value of that $60,000 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Texas. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 214 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $38,900 to $95,030. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $50,390, from $60,000, 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 214 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 51 for it.
- This $51,855 adjusted figure, worked from $60,000, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 214 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 214 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 $63,800, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $38,900 and the top tenth $95,030 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $51,855 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $50,390 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?
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 $63,800. 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 ($38,900) and the ninetieth ($95,030) 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 $51,855 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 $50,390 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.