Librarians and Media Collections Specialists in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,384
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$12,476
17.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,110
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
$71,860
Kept after tax
$59,384
Worth in national money
$61,110
State rank
18
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Texas pays this job around $71,860 at the midpoint, 18 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Texas reports figures for, this is number 154.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $71,860, take-home of $59,384 is worth roughly $61,110 in national money. The average comes to $72,400, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For librarians and media collections specialists the Texas median is $71,860, ranking 18 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Texas's occupational distribution, librarians and media collections specialists sits at 154 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 librarians and media collections specialists, whose median is $71,860, the adjusted figure of $61,110 differs little from $59,384 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $72,400 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Librarians and Media Collections Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $71,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $100,790 |
| This salary | $71,860 |
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 | $59,384 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $59,384 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,708 |
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 | $71,860 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,453 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $71,860 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,240 and the ninetieth is $100,790 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $59,384 take-home in Texas comes from $71,860. 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 154 of 493.
- Two cautions on $61,110, the adjusted value of that $71,860 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 154 of 493 locally.
- The Texas median of $71,860 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,240 to $100,790. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $59,384, from $71,860, 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 154 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 18 of 51 for it.
- This $61,110 adjusted figure, worked from $71,860, 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 154 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 154 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $49,240 at the bottom tenth to $100,790 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $61,110.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $59,384 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($49,240 to $100,790) 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 $61,110 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 $59,384 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.