Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,042
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$14,018
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,874
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
$77,060
Kept after tax
$63,042
Worth in national money
$64,874
State rank
36
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Texas pays this job a middle wage of $77,060, 36 of 50 states and about 4.08% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Texas reports figures for, this is number 130.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $77,060, take-home of $63,042 is worth roughly $64,874 in national money. The average comes to $86,210, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Texas's $77,060 median for psychology teachers, postsecondary places it 36 of 50 states, about 4.08% 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.
- In Texas's occupational distribution, psychology teachers, postsecondary sits at 130 of 493 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for psychology teachers, postsecondary, whose median is $77,060, the adjusted figure of $64,874 differs little from $63,042 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $86,210 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,070 |
| This salary | $77,060 |
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 | $63,042 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $63,042 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,936 |
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 | $77,060 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,788 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of psychology teachers, postsecondary in Texas earn under $77,060 and half over. The published range runs $39,320 at the tenth percentile to $133,070 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $63,042 take-home in Texas comes from $77,060. 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 130 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $64,874, the adjusted value of that $77,060 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 130 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for psychology teachers, postsecondary in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,320 to $133,070; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $63,042, from $77,060, 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 130 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 36 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $64,874 — the adjusted value of that $77,060 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 130 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 $86,210, 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 $39,320 at the bottom tenth to $133,070 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 $64,874.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $63,042 survives, because Texas levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $86,210. 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 ($39,320) and the ninetieth ($133,070) 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 $64,874 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 $63,042 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.