Special Education Teachers, Preschool in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,954
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$10,726
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,551
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
$65,680
Kept after tax
$54,954
Worth in national money
$56,551
State rank
18
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Texas is 18 of 45 states for this job, with a middle wage of $65,680. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Texas reports figures for, this is number 168.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $65,680, take-home of $54,954 is worth roughly $56,551 in national money. The average comes to $68,700, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Texas ranks 18 of 45 for special education teachers, preschool at $65,680. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Texas's occupational distribution, special education teachers, preschool sits at 168 of 493 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for special education teachers, preschool, whose median is $65,680, the adjusted figure of $56,551 differs little from $54,954 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $68,700 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Special Education Teachers, Preschool
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $94,410 |
| This salary | $65,680 |
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 | $54,954 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $54,954 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,431 |
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 | $65,680 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,929 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $65,680 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,090 and the ninetieth is $94,410 — 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 $54,954, worked from $65,680. 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 168 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $56,551, the adjusted value of that $65,680 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 168 of 493 in the state.
- The Texas median of $65,680 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,090 to $94,410. 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 $54,954, on $65,680 for work ranking 168 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 168 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $56,551 — the adjusted value of that $65,680 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 168 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $68,700, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $39,090 at the bottom tenth to $94,410 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $56,551 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $54,954 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $68,700. 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 ($39,090) and the ninetieth ($94,410) 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 $56,551 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 $54,954 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.