Project Management Specialists in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,083
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$20,357
20.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,352
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
$98,440
Kept after tax
$78,083
Worth in national money
$80,352
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Texas pays project management specialists around $98,440 at the midpoint, 26 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Texas this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, project management specialists ranks 75 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $98,440, tax leaves $78,083, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $80,352 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $104,210, since top earners drag the number up.
- For project management specialists the Texas median is $98,440, ranking 26 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Texas publishes a median for, project management specialists sits 75 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.
- Because Texas sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for project management specialists — median $98,440 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $78,083 retained, $80,352 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $104,210 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Project Management Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $162,780 |
| This salary | $98,440 |
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 | $78,083 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $78,083 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,875 |
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 | $98,440 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,169 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $98,440 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $57,460 and the ninetieth is $162,780 — 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 $78,083, worked from $98,440. 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 75 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $80,352 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 75.
- The Texas median of $98,440 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $57,460 to $162,780. 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 $78,083, on $98,440 for work ranking 75 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 75 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $80,352, worked from $98,440, 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 75 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $104,210 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $57,460 and the top tenth $162,780 — 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 $80,352.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $78,083 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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.
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 $104,210. 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 ($57,460) and the ninetieth ($162,780) 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 $80,352 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 $78,083 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.