Information and Record Clerks, All Other in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,923
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$6,317
14.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,997
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
$43,240
Kept after tax
$36,923
Worth in national money
$37,997
State rank
46
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $43,240, ranking 46 of 50 states — about 12.65% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 365 among 493 occupations Texas publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $43,240 the take-home is $36,923, which is worth about $37,997 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $45,300, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Texas ranks 46 of 50 for information and record clerks, all other, with a median of $43,240 — about 12.65% 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.
- Position 365 of 493 in Texas places information and record clerks, all other in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Texas's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for information and record clerks, all other on its $43,240 median: $36,923 retained after tax becomes $37,997 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $45,300 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Information and Record Clerks, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,810 |
| This salary | $43,240 |
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 | $36,923 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $36,923 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,305 |
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 | $43,240 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,968 |
| 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 $43,240. The published range is $27,220 up to $63,810, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $36,923 take-home in Texas comes from $43,240. 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 365 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $37,997, the adjusted value of that $43,240 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 365 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for information and record clerks, all other in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $27,220 to $63,810. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $36,923, from $43,240, 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 365 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 46 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $37,997 — the adjusted value of that $43,240 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 365 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 $45,300, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $27,220 and the top tenth $63,810 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $37,997 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $36,923 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $45,300. 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 ($27,220) and the ninetieth ($63,810) 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 $37,997 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 $36,923 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.