Public Relations Managers in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$97,845
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$28,825
22.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$100,689
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
$126,670
Kept after tax
$97,845
Worth in national money
$100,689
State rank
24
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Texas is 24 of 48 states for public relations managers, with a middle wage of $126,670. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Texas. It ranks 31 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $126,670, take-home of $97,845 is worth roughly $100,689 in national money. The average comes to $142,060, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Texas ranks 24 of 48 for public relations managers at $126,670. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Texas, public relations managers ranks 31 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for public relations managers, whose median is $126,670, the adjusted figure of $100,689 differs little from $97,845 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $142,060 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Public Relations Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $78,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $126,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $220,000 |
| This salary | $126,670 |
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 | $97,845 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $97,845 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,109 |
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 | $126,670 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$9,247 |
| 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 $126,670. The published range is $78,400 up to $220,000, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $97,845 take-home in Texas comes from $126,670. 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 31 of 493.
- Two cautions on $100,689, the adjusted value of that $126,670 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 31 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for public relations managers in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $78,400 to $220,000. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $97,845, from $126,670, 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 31 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 48 for it.
- This $100,689 adjusted figure, worked from $126,670, 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 31 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 31 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $142,060, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $78,400 and the top tenth $220,000 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Texas is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $100,689 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $97,845 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?
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.
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 $142,060. 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 ($78,400) and the ninetieth ($220,000) 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 $100,689 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 $97,845 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.