Healthcare Support Workers, All Other in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,538
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$6,712
14.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,659
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
$45,250
Kept after tax
$38,538
Worth in national money
$39,659
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas is among the lower-paying states for healthcare support workers, all other. The middle earner takes $45,250, ranking 35 of 51 states — about 6.57% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Texas reports figures for, this is number 349.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $45,250 the take-home is $38,538, which is worth about $39,659 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $48,950, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Texas ranks 35 of 51 for healthcare support workers, all other, with a median of $45,250 — about 6.57% 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.
- In Texas's occupational distribution, healthcare support workers, all other sits at 349 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.
- Texas's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for healthcare support workers, all other on its $45,250 median: $38,538 retained after tax becomes $39,659 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $48,950 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Healthcare Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,190 |
| This salary | $45,250 |
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 | $38,538 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $38,538 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,406 |
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 | $45,250 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,098 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,250 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $29,780 and the ninetieth is $76,190 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Texas's $38,538, worked from $45,250. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 349 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $39,659 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 349.
- The Texas median of $45,250 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $29,780 to $76,190. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Texas take-home of $38,538, on $45,250 for work ranking 349 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 349 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $39,659, worked from $45,250, 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 349 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 $48,950, 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 $29,780, the highest tenth $76,190, 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 $39,659 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $38,538 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $48,950. 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 ($29,780) and the ninetieth ($76,190) 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 $39,659 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 $38,538 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.