Pharmacy Aides in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,219
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$5,411
14.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,185
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
$38,630
Kept after tax
$33,219
Worth in national money
$34,185
State rank
10
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas is one of the better-paying states for pharmacy aides. The middle earner takes $38,630, which ranks 10 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 2.52% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Texas, this one sits low: 401 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $38,630 the take-home is $33,219, which is worth about $34,185 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $39,580, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Texas ranks 10 of 48 states publishing a median for pharmacy aides, at $38,630 — about 2.52% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Pharmacy aides occupies position 401 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.
- Texas's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for pharmacy aides on its $38,630 median: $33,219 retained after tax becomes $34,185 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $39,580 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Pharmacy Aides
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $48,010 |
| This salary | $38,630 |
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 | $33,219 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $33,219 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,074 |
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 | $38,630 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,671 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $38,630 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,540 and the ninetieth is $48,010 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $33,219, from $38,630, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 401 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $34,185, the adjusted value of that $38,630 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 401 of 493 locally.
- The Texas median of $38,630 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,540 to $48,010. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Texas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $33,219 from $38,630. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 401 of 493 locally.
- This $34,185 adjusted figure, worked from $38,630, 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 401 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 401 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $31,540 and the top tenth $48,010, so most people doing this work in Texas sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $34,185 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $33,219 of this wage reaches your account, because Texas takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,540 to $48,010) 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 $34,185 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 $33,219 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.