Protective Service Workers, All Other in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,097
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$4,403
13.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,943
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
$33,500
Kept after tax
$29,097
Worth in national money
$29,943
State rank
50
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Texas pays this job a middle wage of $33,500, 50 of 51 states and about 21.25% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Texas this is lower-paid work. Of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 454. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $33,500, take-home of $29,097 is worth roughly $29,943 in national money. The average comes to $41,640, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Texas's $33,500 median for protective service workers, all other places it 50 of 51 states, about 21.25% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Texas reports, protective service workers, all other ranks 454 of 493, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for protective service workers, all other, whose median is $33,500, the adjusted figure of $29,943 differs little from $29,097 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $41,640 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Protective Service Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $25,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $33,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,920 |
| This salary | $33,500 |
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 | $29,097 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $29,097 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,817 |
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 | $33,500 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,339 |
| 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 $33,500. The published range is $25,570 up to $64,920, 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 $29,097, worked from $33,500. 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 454 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $29,943, the adjusted value of that $33,500 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 454 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for protective service workers, all other in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $25,570 to $64,920. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Texas take-home of $29,097, on $33,500 for work ranking 454 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 454 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $29,943 — the adjusted value of that $33,500 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 454 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 $41,640, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $25,570 at the bottom tenth to $64,920 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $29,943.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $29,097 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $41,640. 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 ($25,570) and the ninetieth ($64,920) 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 $29,943 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 $29,097 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.