Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,911
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$8,759
15.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,275
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
$55,670
Kept after tax
$46,911
Worth in national money
$48,275
State rank
3
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Texas pays this job a middle wage of $55,670, ranking 3 of 45 states and sitting about 29.74% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Texas reports figures for, this is number 244.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $55,670 the take-home is $46,911, which is worth about $48,275 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $49,560, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Texas's median for teaching assistants, postsecondary is $55,670, about 29.74% above the national figure and 3 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Texas's occupational distribution, teaching assistants, postsecondary sits at 244 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.
- Texas's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for teaching assistants, postsecondary on its $55,670 median: $46,911 retained after tax becomes $48,275 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $49,560 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $23,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,160 |
| This salary | $55,670 |
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 | $46,911 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $46,911 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,929 |
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 | $55,670 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,771 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $55,670 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $23,660 and the ninetieth is $64,160 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $46,911, from $55,670, 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 244 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 $48,275, the adjusted value of that $55,670 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 244 of 493 in the state.
- The Texas median of $55,670 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $23,660 to $64,160. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Texas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $46,911 from $55,670. 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 244 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $48,275 — the adjusted value of that $55,670 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 244 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $49,560, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $23,660 at the bottom tenth to $64,160 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 $48,275.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $46,911 survives, because Texas levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $49,560. 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 ($23,660) and the ninetieth ($64,160) 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 $48,275 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 $46,911 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.