Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$26,012
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$3,648
12.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$26,768
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
$29,660
Kept after tax
$26,012
Worth in national money
$26,768
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas is among the lower-paying states for maids and housekeeping cleaners. The middle earner takes $29,660, ranking 45 of 51 states — about 16.47% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Texas, this one sits low: 474 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $29,660, tax leaves $26,012, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $26,768 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $30,290, since top earners drag the number up.
- Texas ranks 45 of 51 for maids and housekeeping cleaners, with a median of $29,660 — about 16.47% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Maids and housekeeping cleaners occupies position 474 of 493 in Texas's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Because Texas sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for maids and housekeeping cleaners — median $29,660 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $26,012 retained, $26,768 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $30,290 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $22,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $29,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $37,300 |
| This salary | $29,660 |
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 | $26,012 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $26,012 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,624 |
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 | $29,660 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,091 |
| 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 $29,660. The published range is $22,150 up to $37,300, 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 $26,012, worked from $29,660. 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 474 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $26,768 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 474.
- Reported values are medians; for maids and housekeeping cleaners in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $22,150 to $37,300. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Texas take-home of $26,012, on $29,660 for work ranking 474 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 474 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $26,768, worked from $29,660, 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 474 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $22,150 at the bottom tenth to $37,300 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 $26,768 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $26,012 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 ($22,150 to $37,300) 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 $26,768 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 $26,012 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.