Nurse Practitioners in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$101,262
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$30,408
23.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$104,206
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
$131,670
Kept after tax
$101,262
Worth in national money
$104,206
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Texas pays nurse practitioners around $131,670 at the midpoint, 25 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Texas this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, nurse practitioners ranks 25 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $131,670, tax leaves $101,262, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $104,206 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $131,420.
- For nurse practitioners the Texas median is $131,670, ranking 25 of 51 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Texas publishes a median for, nurse practitioners sits 25 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.
- Because Texas sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for nurse practitioners — median $131,670 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $101,262 retained, $104,206 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $131,420 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Nurse Practitioners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $96,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $131,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $161,980 |
| This salary | $131,670 |
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 | $101,262 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $101,262 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,323 |
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 | $131,670 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$9,570 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $131,670 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $96,880 and the ninetieth is $161,980 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Texas's $101,262, worked from $131,670. 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 25 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $104,206, the adjusted value of that $131,670 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 25 of 493 in the state.
- The Texas median of $131,670 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $96,880 to $161,980. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Texas take-home of $101,262, on $131,670 for work ranking 25 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 25 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $104,206 — the adjusted value of that $131,670 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 25 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $96,880 at the tenth percentile, $161,980 at the ninetieth.
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 $104,206.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $101,262 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 ($96,880 to $161,980) 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 $104,206 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 $101,262 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.