Machinists in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,731
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$9,449
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,177
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
$59,180
Kept after tax
$49,731
Worth in national money
$51,177
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Texas is 24 of 51 states for machinists, with a middle wage of $59,180. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Texas, this sits in the middle: 225 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $59,180, take-home of $49,731 is worth roughly $51,177 in national money. The average comes to $60,270, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Texas ranks 24 of 51 for machinists at $59,180. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Machinists ranks 225 of 493 occupations in Texas by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for machinists, whose median is $59,180, the adjusted figure of $51,177 differs little from $49,731 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $60,270 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Machinists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $83,070 |
| This salary | $59,180 |
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 | $49,731 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $49,731 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,105 |
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 | $59,180 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,998 |
| 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 machinists in Texas earn under $59,180 and half over. The published range runs $38,600 at the tenth percentile to $83,070 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $49,731 take-home in Texas comes from $59,180. 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 225 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $51,177, the adjusted value of that $59,180 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 225 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for machinists in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,600 to $83,070; 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 $49,731, from $59,180, 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 225 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $51,177 — the adjusted value of that $59,180 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 225 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $38,600, the highest tenth $83,070, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $51,177.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $49,731 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($38,600) and the ninetieth ($83,070) 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 $51,177 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 $49,731 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.