Tellers in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,753
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$5,297
13.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,705
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
$38,050
Kept after tax
$32,753
Worth in national money
$33,705
State rank
40
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for tellers is on the low side in Texas. The middle earner gets $38,050. That is 40 of 51 states, and about 11.57% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 493 occupations Texas publishes, tellers lands at 408. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $38,050, tax leaves $32,753, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $33,705 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $39,810, since top earners drag the number up.
- For tellers, Texas sits in the lower band at $38,050, ranking 40 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 11.57%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Texas, this work ranks 408 of 493 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Because Texas sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for tellers — median $38,050 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $32,753 retained, $33,705 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $39,810 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Tellers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,770 |
| This salary | $38,050 |
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 | $32,753 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $32,753 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,045 |
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 | $38,050 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,633 |
| 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 $38,050. The published range is $30,360 up to $47,770, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Texas's $32,753, worked from $38,050. 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 408 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $33,705, the adjusted value of that $38,050 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 408 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for tellers in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $30,360 to $47,770. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Texas take-home of $32,753, on $38,050 for work ranking 408 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 408 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $33,705 — the adjusted value of that $38,050 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 408 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 $39,810, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $30,360 and the top tenth $47,770, so most people doing this work in Texas sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Texas is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $33,705 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $32,753 survives, because Texas levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $39,810. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($30,360 to $47,770) 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 $33,705 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 $32,753 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.