Pharmacists in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$105,767
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$32,493
23.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$108,841
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
$138,260
Kept after tax
$105,767
Worth in national money
$108,841
State rank
31
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Texas is 31 of 51 states for pharmacists, with a middle wage of $138,260. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Texas reports, pharmacists comes in at 14 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $138,260, take-home of $105,767 is worth roughly $108,841 in national money. The average lands at $137,510, below the middle of the range.
- Texas ranks 31 of 51 for pharmacists at $138,260. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Pharmacists ranks 14 of 493 occupations by median in Texas, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for pharmacists, whose median is $138,260, the adjusted figure of $108,841 differs little from $105,767 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $137,510 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Pharmacists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $95,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $138,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $170,170 |
| This salary | $138,260 |
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 | $105,767 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $105,767 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,604 |
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 | $138,260 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$9,996 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Texas earn less than $138,260. The published range is $95,950 up to $170,170, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Texas's $105,767, worked from $138,260. 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 14 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $108,841 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 14.
- Reported values are medians; for pharmacists in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $95,950 to $170,170. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Texas take-home of $105,767, on $138,260 for work ranking 14 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 14 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $108,841, worked from $138,260, 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 14 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $95,950 at the bottom tenth to $170,170 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Texas sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $108,841 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $105,767 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 ($95,950 to $170,170) 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 $108,841 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 $105,767 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.