Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,114
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$10,276
16.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,658
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
$63,390
Kept after tax
$53,114
Worth in national money
$54,658
State rank
27
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Texas is 27 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $63,390. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Texas, this sits in the middle: 182 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 $63,390, take-home of $53,114 is worth roughly $54,658 in national money. The average comes to $64,480, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Texas ranks 27 of 51 for middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education at $63,390. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education ranks 182 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 middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education, whose median is $63,390, the adjusted figure of $54,658 differs little from $53,114 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $64,480 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,750 |
| This salary | $63,390 |
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 | $53,114 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $53,114 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,316 |
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 | $63,390 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,435 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $63,390 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $51,410 and the ninetieth is $75,750 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $53,114, from $63,390, 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 182 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 $54,658, the adjusted value of that $63,390 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 182 of 493 in the state.
- The Texas median of $63,390 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $51,410 to $75,750. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Texas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $53,114 from $63,390. 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 182 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $54,658 — the adjusted value of that $63,390 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 182 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $51,410 at the bottom tenth to $75,750 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 $54,658 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $53,114 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?
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 ($51,410 to $75,750) 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 $54,658 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 $53,114 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.