Special Education Teachers, Middle School in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,090
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$10,270
16.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,633
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
$63,360
Kept after tax
$53,090
Worth in national money
$54,633
State rank
30
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 $63,360, ranking 30 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 183 among 493 occupations Texas publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $63,360, tax leaves $53,090, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $54,633 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $64,850, since top earners drag the number up.
- Texas occupies the middle band for special education teachers, middle school: a median of $63,360, ranking 30 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 183 of 493 in Texas places special education teachers, middle school 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.
- Because Texas sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for special education teachers, middle school — median $63,360 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $53,090 retained, $54,633 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $64,850 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Special Education Teachers, Middle School
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,720 |
| This salary | $63,360 |
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 | $53,090 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $53,090 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,315 |
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 | $63,360 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,428 |
| 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 special education teachers, middle school in Texas earn under $63,360 and half over. The published range runs $50,530 at the tenth percentile to $77,720 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Texas's $53,090, worked from $63,360. 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 183 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $54,633, the adjusted value of that $63,360 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 183 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for special education teachers, middle school in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $50,530 to $77,720; 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.
- The Texas take-home of $53,090, on $63,360 for work ranking 183 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 183 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $54,633 — the adjusted value of that $63,360 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 183 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $50,530 at the bottom tenth to $77,720 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Texas sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $54,633 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $53,090 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($50,530 to $77,720) 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 $54,633 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 $53,090 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.