Social Workers, All Other in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$68,093
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$16,147
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,072
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
$84,240
Kept after tax
$68,093
Worth in national money
$70,072
State rank
21
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Texas is 21 of 50 states for social workers, all other, with a middle wage of $84,240. 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 97 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 $84,240, take-home of $68,093 is worth roughly $70,072 in national money. The average comes to $85,030, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Texas ranks 21 of 50 for social workers, all other at $84,240. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Texas, social workers, all other ranks 97 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 social workers, all other, whose median is $84,240, the adjusted figure of $70,072 differs little from $68,093 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $85,030 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Social Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $134,450 |
| This salary | $84,240 |
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 | $68,093 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $68,093 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,252 |
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 | $84,240 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,252 |
| 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 $84,240. The published range is $40,350 up to $134,450, 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 $68,093, worked from $84,240. 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 97 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $70,072 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 97.
- Reported values are medians; for social workers, all other in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $40,350 to $134,450. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Texas take-home of $68,093, on $84,240 for work ranking 97 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 97 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $70,072, worked from $84,240, 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 97 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $40,350, the highest tenth $134,450, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $70,072.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $68,093 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($40,350) and the ninetieth ($134,450) 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 $70,072 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 $68,093 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.