Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,190
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$10,050
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,707
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
$62,240
Kept after tax
$52,190
Worth in national money
$53,707
State rank
34
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $62,240, ranking 34 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Texas reports figures for, this is number 198.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $62,240 the take-home is $52,190, which is worth about $53,707 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $62,770, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Texas occupies the middle band for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses: a median of $62,240, ranking 34 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Texas's occupational distribution, licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses sits at 198 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 licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses on its $62,240 median: $52,190 retained after tax becomes $53,707 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $62,770 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,140 |
| This salary | $62,240 |
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 | $52,190 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $52,190 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,259 |
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 | $62,240 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,196 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $62,240 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $48,910 and the ninetieth is $76,140 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $52,190, from $62,240, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 198 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $53,707, the adjusted value of that $62,240 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 198 of 493 in the state.
- The Texas median of $62,240 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $48,910 to $76,140. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Texas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $52,190 from $62,240. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 198 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $53,707 — the adjusted value of that $62,240 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 198 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $48,910 at the tenth percentile, $76,140 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Texas sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $53,707 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $52,190 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,910 to $76,140) 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 $53,707 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 $52,190 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.