Industrial Engineers in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$82,388
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$22,172
21.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$84,783
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
$104,560
Kept after tax
$82,388
Worth in national money
$84,783
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Texas pays industrial engineers a middle wage of $104,560, ranking 16 of 51 states and sitting about 2.07% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Texas reports, industrial engineers comes in at 51 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $104,560 the take-home is $82,388, which is worth about $84,783 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $114,840, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Texas's median for industrial engineers is $104,560, about 2.07% above the national figure and 16 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Industrial engineers ranks 51 of 493 occupations by median in Texas, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Texas's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for industrial engineers on its $104,560 median: $82,388 retained after tax becomes $84,783 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $114,840 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Industrial Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $67,490 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $168,670 |
| This salary | $104,560 |
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 | $82,388 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $82,388 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,144 |
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 | $104,560 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,565 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $104,560 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $67,490 and the ninetieth is $168,670 — 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 $82,388, worked from $104,560. 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 51 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $84,783, the adjusted value of that $104,560 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 51 of 493 in the state.
- The Texas median of $104,560 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $67,490 to $168,670. 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 $82,388, on $104,560 for work ranking 51 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 51 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $84,783 — the adjusted value of that $104,560 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 51 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 $114,840, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $67,490 at the bottom tenth to $168,670 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $84,783 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $82,388 survives, because Texas levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 $114,840. 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 ($67,490) and the ninetieth ($168,670) 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 $84,783 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 $82,388 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.