Speech-Language Pathologists in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$79,117
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$20,793
20.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,417
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
$99,910
Kept after tax
$79,117
Worth in national money
$81,417
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for speech-language pathologists is strong here. Texas's middle earner gets $99,910, putting the state 15 of 51 — about 2.08% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Texas. It ranks 67 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $99,910, tax leaves $79,117, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $81,417 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $99,460.
- For speech-language pathologists, Texas sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $99,910, ranking 15 of 51 and running about 2.08% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Texas, speech-language pathologists ranks 67 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.
- Because Texas sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for speech-language pathologists — median $99,910 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $79,117 retained, $81,417 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $99,460 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Speech-Language Pathologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,910 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,990 |
| This salary | $99,910 |
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 | $79,117 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $79,117 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,940 |
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 | $99,910 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,264 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $99,910 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $66,370 and the ninetieth is $132,990 — 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 $79,117, worked from $99,910. 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 67 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $81,417, the adjusted value of that $99,910 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 67 of 493 in the state.
- The Texas median of $99,910 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $66,370 to $132,990. 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 $79,117, on $99,910 for work ranking 67 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 67 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $81,417 — the adjusted value of that $99,910 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 67 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $66,370 at the tenth percentile, $132,990 at the ninetieth.
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 $81,417 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $79,117 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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 ($66,370 to $132,990) 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 $81,417 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 $79,117 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.