Social and Human Service Assistants in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,029
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$6,831
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,163
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
$45,860
Kept after tax
$39,029
Worth in national money
$40,163
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $45,860, ranking 21 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 337 among 493 occupations Texas publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $45,860 the take-home is $39,029, which is worth about $40,163 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $46,210, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Texas occupies the middle band for social and human service assistants: a median of $45,860, ranking 21 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 337 of 493 in Texas places social and human service assistants 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.
- Texas's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for social and human service assistants on its $45,860 median: $39,029 retained after tax becomes $40,163 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $46,210 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Social and Human Service Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,460 |
| This salary | $45,860 |
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 | $39,029 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $39,029 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,437 |
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 | $45,860 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,138 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,860 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,350 and the ninetieth is $60,460 — 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 $39,029, worked from $45,860. 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 337 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,163 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 337.
- The Texas median of $45,860 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,350 to $60,460. 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 $39,029, on $45,860 for work ranking 337 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 337 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,163, worked from $45,860, 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 337 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $31,350 at the bottom tenth to $60,460 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $40,163.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $39,029 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,350 to $60,460) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Texas rather than a national figure.
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 $40,163 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 $39,029 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.