Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,915
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$19,865
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,151
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
$96,780
Kept after tax
$76,915
Worth in national money
$79,151
State rank
22
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Texas is 22 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $96,780. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Texas. It ranks 80 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $96,780 the take-home is $76,915, which is worth about $79,151 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $94,610, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Texas ranks 22 of 51 for magnetic resonance imaging technologists at $96,780. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Texas, magnetic resonance imaging technologists ranks 80 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Texas's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for magnetic resonance imaging technologists on its $96,780 median: $76,915 retained after tax becomes $79,151 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $94,610 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $76,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $96,780 |
| Top tenth earn over | $114,160 |
| This salary | $96,780 |
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 | $76,915 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $76,915 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,803 |
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 | $96,780 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,062 |
| 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 magnetic resonance imaging technologists in Texas earn under $96,780 and half over. The published range runs $76,920 at the tenth percentile to $114,160 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Texas's $76,915, worked from $96,780. 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 80 of 493.
- Two cautions on $79,151, the adjusted value of that $96,780 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 80 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for magnetic resonance imaging technologists in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $76,920 to $114,160; 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.
- The Texas take-home of $76,915, on $96,780 for work ranking 80 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 80 of 493 in the state.
- This $79,151 adjusted figure, worked from $96,780, 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 80 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 80 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $76,920 at the bottom tenth to $114,160 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 $79,151 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $76,915 of this wage reaches your account, because Texas takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
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 ($76,920 to $114,160) 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 $79,151 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 $76,915 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.