Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,992
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$13,998
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,824
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
$76,990
Kept after tax
$62,992
Worth in national money
$64,824
State rank
30
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Texas pays this job around $76,990 at the midpoint, 30 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 132 among 493 occupations Texas publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $76,990, tax leaves $62,992, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $64,824 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $85,160, since top earners drag the number up.
- For mathematical science teachers, postsecondary the Texas median is $76,990, ranking 30 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 132 of 493 in Texas places mathematical science teachers, postsecondary in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Because Texas sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for mathematical science teachers, postsecondary — median $76,990 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $62,992 retained, $64,824 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $85,160 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,430 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $130,280 |
| This salary | $76,990 |
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 | $62,992 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $62,992 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,933 |
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 | $76,990 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,784 |
| 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 $76,990. The published range is $47,430 up to $130,280, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $62,992, from $76,990, 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 132 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 $64,824, the adjusted value of that $76,990 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 132 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for mathematical science teachers, postsecondary in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,430 to $130,280. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Texas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $62,992 from $76,990. 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 132 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $64,824 — the adjusted value of that $76,990 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 132 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $85,160, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $47,430 and the top tenth $130,280 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $64,824.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $62,992 survives, because Texas levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $85,160. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($47,430) and the ninetieth ($130,280) 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 $64,824 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 $62,992 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.