Training and Development Managers in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$96,211
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$28,069
22.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$99,008
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
$124,280
Kept after tax
$96,211
Worth in national money
$99,008
State rank
23
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Texas pays this job around $124,280 at the midpoint, 23 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Texas this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 33 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $124,280, tax leaves $96,211, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $99,008 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $132,870, since top earners drag the number up.
- For training and development managers the Texas median is $124,280, ranking 23 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Texas publishes a median for, training and development managers sits 33 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Because Texas sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for training and development managers — median $124,280 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $96,211 retained, $99,008 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $132,870 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Training and Development Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,620 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $124,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $202,490 |
| This salary | $124,280 |
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 | $96,211 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $96,211 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,007 |
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 | $124,280 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$9,093 |
| 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 $124,280. The published range is $77,620 up to $202,490, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $96,211, from $124,280, 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 33 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $99,008 uses one figure for the whole of Texas. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 33.
- Reported values are medians; for training and development managers in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $77,620 to $202,490. 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 $96,211 from $124,280. 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 33 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $99,008, worked from $124,280, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Texas address, on work sitting at 33 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $132,870 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $77,620 and the top tenth $202,490 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $99,008 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $96,211 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 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 $132,870. 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 ($77,620) and the ninetieth ($202,490) 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 $99,008 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 $96,211 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.