Hazardous Materials Removal Workers in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,847
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$6,543
14.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,948
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
$44,390
Kept after tax
$37,847
Worth in national money
$38,948
State rank
43
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Texas pays this job a middle wage of $44,390, 43 of 51 states and about 10.23% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Texas reports figures for, this is number 355.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $44,390, take-home of $37,847 is worth roughly $38,948 in national money. The average comes to $47,590, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Texas's $44,390 median for hazardous materials removal workers places it 43 of 51 states, about 10.23% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In Texas's occupational distribution, hazardous materials removal workers sits at 355 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.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for hazardous materials removal workers, whose median is $44,390, the adjusted figure of $38,948 differs little from $37,847 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $47,590 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,460 |
| This salary | $44,390 |
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 | $37,847 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $37,847 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,363 |
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 | $44,390 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,043 |
| 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 $44,390. The published range is $37,920 up to $60,460, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $37,847 take-home in Texas comes from $44,390. 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 355 of 493.
- Two cautions on $38,948, the adjusted value of that $44,390 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 355 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for hazardous materials removal workers in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,920 to $60,460. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $37,847, from $44,390, 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 355 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 43 of 51 for it.
- This $38,948 adjusted figure, worked from $44,390, 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 355 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 355 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $47,590, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,920 and the top tenth $60,460, so most people doing this work in Texas sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $38,948.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $37,847 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 $47,590. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,920 to $60,460) 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 $38,948 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 $37,847 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.