Painters, Construction and Maintenance in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,707
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$6,753
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,832
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
$45,460
Kept after tax
$38,707
Worth in national money
$39,832
State rank
41
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for painters, construction and maintenance is on the low side in Texas. The middle earner gets $45,460. That is 41 of 51 states, and about 7.98% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Painters, construction and maintenance ranks 344 among 493 occupations Texas publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $45,460, tax leaves $38,707, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $39,832 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $46,020, since top earners drag the number up.
- For painters, construction and maintenance, Texas sits in the lower band at $45,460, ranking 41 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 7.98%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 344 of 493 in Texas places painters, construction and maintenance in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Because Texas sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for painters, construction and maintenance — median $45,460 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $38,707 retained, $39,832 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $46,020 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Painters, Construction and Maintenance
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,460 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,910 |
| This salary | $45,460 |
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 | $38,707 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $38,707 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,417 |
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 | $45,460 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,112 |
| 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 painters, construction and maintenance in Texas earn under $45,460 and half over. The published range runs $35,870 at the tenth percentile to $58,910 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $38,707 take-home in Texas comes from $45,460. 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 344 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $39,832, the adjusted value of that $45,460 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 344 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for painters, construction and maintenance in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,870 to $58,910; 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 $38,707, from $45,460, 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 344 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 41 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $39,832 — the adjusted value of that $45,460 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 344 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,870 at the bottom tenth to $58,910 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 $39,832 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $38,707 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,870 to $58,910) 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 $39,832 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 $38,707 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.