Physicians, All Other in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$196,181
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$73,619
27.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$201,884
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
$269,800
Kept after tax
$196,181
Worth in national money
$201,884
State rank
30
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas sits in the middle of the pack for physicians, all other. The median is $269,800, ranking 30 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Texas this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, physicians, all other ranks 1 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $269,800 the take-home is $196,181, which is worth about $201,884 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $257,240, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Texas occupies the middle band for physicians, all other: a median of $269,800, ranking 30 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Texas publishes a median for, physicians, all other sits 1 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 physicians, all other on its $269,800 median: $196,181 retained after tax becomes $201,884 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $257,240 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Physicians, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $269,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $457,450 |
| This salary | $269,800 |
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 | $196,181 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $196,181 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$12,249 |
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 | $269,800 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$20,106 |
| 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 $269,800. The published range is $60,600 up to $457,450, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $196,181 take-home in Texas comes from $269,800. 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 1 of 493.
- Two cautions on $201,884, the adjusted value of that $269,800 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 1 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for physicians, all other in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $60,600 to $457,450. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $196,181, from $269,800, 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 1 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 50 for it.
- This $201,884 adjusted figure, worked from $269,800, 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 1 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 1 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $257,240, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $60,600 and the top tenth $457,450 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $201,884.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $196,181 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $257,240. 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 ($60,600) and the ninetieth ($457,450) 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 $201,884 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 $196,181 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.