Library Assistants, Clerical in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$27,249
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$3,951
12.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,041
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
$31,200
Kept after tax
$27,249
Worth in national money
$28,041
State rank
40
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Texas pays library assistants, clerical a middle wage of $31,200, 40 of 50 states and about 15.47% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Texas this is lower-paid work. Of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, library assistants, clerical ranks 464. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $31,200, take-home of $27,249 is worth roughly $28,041 in national money. The average comes to $31,370, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Texas's $31,200 median for library assistants, clerical places it 40 of 50 states, about 15.47% 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.
- Against every occupation Texas reports, library assistants, clerical ranks 464 of 493, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for library assistants, clerical, whose median is $31,200, the adjusted figure of $28,041 differs little from $27,249 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $31,370 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Library Assistants, Clerical
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $21,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $31,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $39,940 |
| This salary | $31,200 |
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 | $27,249 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $27,249 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,701 |
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 | $31,200 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,191 |
| 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 $31,200. The published range is $21,900 up to $39,940, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Texas's $27,249, worked from $31,200. 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 464 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $28,041 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 464.
- Reported values are medians; for library assistants, clerical in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $21,900 to $39,940. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Texas take-home of $27,249, on $31,200 for work ranking 464 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 464 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $28,041, worked from $31,200, 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 464 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $21,900 at the bottom tenth to $39,940 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $28,041 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $27,249 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($21,900 to $39,940) 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 $28,041 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 $27,249 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.