Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,441
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$15,029
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,343
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
$80,470
Kept after tax
$65,441
Worth in national money
$67,343
State rank
38
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $80,470, ranking 38 of 46 states — about 22.18% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within Texas this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 112 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $80,470 the take-home is $65,441, which is worth about $67,343 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $93,490, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Texas ranks 38 of 46 for medical scientists, except epidemiologists, with a median of $80,470 — about 22.18% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Texas publishes a median for, medical scientists, except epidemiologists sits 112 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Texas's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for medical scientists, except epidemiologists on its $80,470 median: $65,441 retained after tax becomes $67,343 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $93,490 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $144,060 |
| This salary | $80,470 |
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 | $65,441 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $65,441 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,086 |
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 | $80,470 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,009 |
| 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 medical scientists, except epidemiologists in Texas earn under $80,470 and half over. The published range runs $63,870 at the tenth percentile to $144,060 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 $65,441, worked from $80,470. 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 112 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $67,343, the adjusted value of that $80,470 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 112 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for medical scientists, except epidemiologists in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $63,870 to $144,060; 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 $65,441, on $80,470 for work ranking 112 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 112 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $67,343 — the adjusted value of that $80,470 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 112 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 $93,490 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $63,870 and the top tenth $144,060 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $67,343 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $65,441 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $93,490. 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 ($63,870) and the ninetieth ($144,060) 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 $67,343 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 $65,441 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.