Food Service Managers in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,009
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$9,761
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,492
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
$60,770
Kept after tax
$51,009
Worth in national money
$52,492
State rank
46
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for food service managers is on the low side in Texas. The middle earner gets $60,770. That is 46 of 51 states, and about 12.42% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Texas reports figures for, this is number 206.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $60,770, tax leaves $51,009, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $52,492 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $66,260, since top earners drag the number up.
- For food service managers, Texas sits in the lower band at $60,770, ranking 46 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 12.42%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Texas's occupational distribution, food service managers sits at 206 of 493 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Texas sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for food service managers — median $60,770 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $51,009 retained, $52,492 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $66,260 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Food Service Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,310 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,770 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,570 |
| This salary | $60,770 |
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 | $51,009 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $51,009 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,185 |
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 | $60,770 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,101 |
| 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 $60,770. The published range is $43,310 up to $98,570, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $51,009 take-home in Texas comes from $60,770. 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 206 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $52,492, the adjusted value of that $60,770 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 206 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for food service managers in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $43,310 to $98,570. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $51,009, from $60,770, 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 206 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 46 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $52,492 — the adjusted value of that $60,770 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 206 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 $66,260, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $43,310, the highest tenth $98,570, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $52,492 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $51,009 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 $66,260. 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 ($43,310) and the ninetieth ($98,570) 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 $52,492 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 $51,009 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.