Occupational Health and Safety Specialists in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,871
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$14,789
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,757
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
$79,660
Kept after tax
$64,871
Worth in national money
$66,757
State rank
50
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $79,660, ranking 50 of 51 states — about 11.64% 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 113 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $79,660 the take-home is $64,871, which is worth about $66,757 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $84,410, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Texas ranks 50 of 51 for occupational health and safety specialists, with a median of $79,660 — about 11.64% 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, occupational health and safety specialists sits 113 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 occupational health and safety specialists on its $79,660 median: $64,871 retained after tax becomes $66,757 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $84,410 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $126,500 |
| This salary | $79,660 |
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 | $64,871 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $64,871 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,050 |
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 | $79,660 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,956 |
| 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 occupational health and safety specialists in Texas earn under $79,660 and half over. The published range runs $46,380 at the tenth percentile to $126,500 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $64,871 take-home in Texas comes from $79,660. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 113 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $66,757 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 113.
- Figures are distribution medians for occupational health and safety specialists in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,380 to $126,500; 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.
- Retained pay of $64,871, from $79,660, assumes a single Texas filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 113 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 50 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $66,757, worked from $79,660, 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 113 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 $84,410 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 $46,380 and the top tenth $126,500 — 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 $66,757 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $64,871 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $84,410. 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 ($46,380) and the ninetieth ($126,500) 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 $66,757 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 $64,871 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.