Food Processing Workers, All Other in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,441
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$5,709
14.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,442
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
$40,150
Kept after tax
$34,441
Worth in national money
$35,442
State rank
22
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Texas pays food processing workers, all other around $40,150 at the midpoint, 22 of 46 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 493 occupations Texas publishes, food processing workers, all other lands at 385. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $40,150, take-home of $34,441 is worth roughly $35,442 in national money. The average lands at $39,690, below the middle of the range.
- For food processing workers, all other the Texas median is $40,150, ranking 22 of 46 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Texas, this work ranks 385 of 493 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for food processing workers, all other, whose median is $40,150, the adjusted figure of $35,442 differs little from $34,441 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $39,690 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Food Processing Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,610 |
| This salary | $40,150 |
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 | $34,441 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $34,441 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,150 |
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 | $40,150 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,769 |
| 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 $40,150. The published range is $30,750 up to $46,610, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $34,441, from $40,150, 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 385 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $35,442 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 385.
- Reported values are medians; for food processing workers, all other in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $30,750 to $46,610. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Texas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $34,441 from $40,150. 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 385 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $35,442, worked from $40,150, 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 385 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $30,750 at the bottom tenth to $46,610 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $35,442.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $34,441 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. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($30,750 to $46,610) 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 $35,442 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 $34,441 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.