Statisticians in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$81,262
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$21,698
21.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$83,625
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
$102,960
Kept after tax
$81,262
Worth in national money
$83,625
State rank
19
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Texas is 19 of 45 states for statisticians, with a middle wage of $102,960. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Texas reports, statisticians comes in at 55 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $102,960 the take-home is $81,262, which is worth about $83,625 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $107,390, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Texas ranks 19 of 45 for statisticians at $102,960. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Statisticians ranks 55 of 493 occupations by median in Texas, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Texas's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for statisticians on its $102,960 median: $81,262 retained after tax becomes $83,625 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $107,390 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Statisticians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $102,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $161,620 |
| This salary | $102,960 |
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 | $81,262 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $81,262 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,074 |
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 | $102,960 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,461 |
| 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 $102,960. The published range is $59,900 up to $161,620, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $81,262, from $102,960, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 55 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $83,625, the adjusted value of that $102,960 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 55 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for statisticians in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $59,900 to $161,620. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Texas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $81,262 from $102,960. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 55 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $83,625 — the adjusted value of that $102,960 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 55 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 $107,390, 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 $59,900 at the bottom tenth to $161,620 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $83,625.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $81,262 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 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $107,390. 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 ($59,900) and the ninetieth ($161,620) 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 $83,625 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 $81,262 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.