Public Relations Specialists in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,536
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$10,624
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,121
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
$65,160
Kept after tax
$54,536
Worth in national money
$56,121
State rank
28
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Texas is 28 of 51 states for public relations specialists, with a middle wage of $65,160. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Public relations specialists ranks 172 among 493 occupations Texas publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $65,160, take-home of $54,536 is worth roughly $56,121 in national money. The average comes to $72,860, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Texas ranks 28 of 51 for public relations specialists at $65,160. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 172 of 493 in Texas places public relations specialists in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for public relations specialists, whose median is $65,160, the adjusted figure of $56,121 differs little from $54,536 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $72,860 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Public Relations Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $109,640 |
| This salary | $65,160 |
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 | $54,536 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $54,536 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,405 |
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 | $65,160 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,817 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $65,160 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,840 and the ninetieth is $109,640 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $54,536, from $65,160, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 172 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $56,121 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 172.
- The Texas median of $65,160 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,840 to $109,640. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Texas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $54,536 from $65,160. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 172 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $56,121, worked from $65,160, 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 172 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 $72,860, 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 $39,840 and the top tenth $109,640 — 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 $56,121 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $54,536 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.
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 $72,860. 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 ($39,840) and the ninetieth ($109,640) 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 $56,121 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 $54,536 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.