Loan Interviewers and Clerks in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,339
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$7,641
15.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,570
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
$49,980
Kept after tax
$42,339
Worth in national money
$43,570
State rank
28
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Texas is 28 of 51 states for loan interviewers and clerks, with a middle wage of $49,980. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Texas reports figures for, this is number 268.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $49,980, take-home of $42,339 is worth roughly $43,570 in national money. The average comes to $52,560, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Texas ranks 28 of 51 for loan interviewers and clerks at $49,980. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Texas's occupational distribution, loan interviewers and clerks sits at 268 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 loan interviewers and clerks, whose median is $49,980, the adjusted figure of $43,570 differs little from $42,339 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $52,560 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Loan Interviewers and Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $70,010 |
| This salary | $49,980 |
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 | $42,339 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $42,339 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,644 |
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 | $49,980 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,404 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of loan interviewers and clerks in Texas earn under $49,980 and half over. The published range runs $37,850 at the tenth percentile to $70,010 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $42,339 take-home in Texas comes from $49,980. 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 268 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $43,570, the adjusted value of that $49,980 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 268 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for loan interviewers and clerks in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,850 to $70,010; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $42,339, from $49,980, 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 268 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 28 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $43,570 — the adjusted value of that $49,980 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 268 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $52,560 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,850 at the bottom tenth to $70,010 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 $43,570.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $42,339 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $52,560. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,850 to $70,010) 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 $43,570 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 $42,339 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.