Packers and Packagers, Hand in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,768
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$4,322
13.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,604
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
$33,090
Kept after tax
$28,768
Worth in national money
$29,604
State rank
41
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas is among the lower-paying states for packers and packagers, hand. The middle earner takes $33,090, ranking 41 of 51 states — about 8.79% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Texas, this one sits low: 456 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $33,090, tax leaves $28,768, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $29,604 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $33,440, since top earners drag the number up.
- Texas ranks 41 of 51 for packers and packagers, hand, with a median of $33,090 — about 8.79% 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.
- Packers and packagers, hand occupies position 456 of 493 in Texas's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Because Texas sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for packers and packagers, hand — median $33,090 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $28,768 retained, $29,604 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $33,440 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Packers and Packagers, Hand
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $23,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $33,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $44,220 |
| This salary | $33,090 |
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 | $28,768 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $28,768 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,796 |
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 | $33,090 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,313 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $33,090 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $23,550 and the ninetieth is $44,220 — 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 $28,768, worked from $33,090. 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 456 of 493.
- Two cautions on $29,604, the adjusted value of that $33,090 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Texas. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 456 of 493 locally.
- The Texas median of $33,090 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $23,550 to $44,220. 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 $28,768, on $33,090 for work ranking 456 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 456 of 493 in the state.
- This $29,604 adjusted figure, worked from $33,090, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 456 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 456 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $23,550 at the tenth percentile, $44,220 at the ninetieth.
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 $29,604 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $28,768 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($23,550 to $44,220) 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 $29,604 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 $28,768 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.