Transportation Security Screeners in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,118
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$11,522
16.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,779
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
$68,640
Kept after tax
$57,118
Worth in national money
$58,779
State rank
13
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Texas's middle earner gets $68,640, putting the state 13 of 45 — about 2.8% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Texas, this sits in the middle: 160 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $68,640, tax leaves $57,118, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $58,779 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $66,740.
- For transportation security screeners, Texas sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $68,640, ranking 13 of 45 and running about 2.8% 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.
- Transportation security screeners ranks 160 of 493 occupations in Texas by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Because Texas sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for transportation security screeners — median $68,640 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $57,118 retained, $58,779 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $66,740 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Transportation Security Screeners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $68,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,520 |
| This salary | $68,640 |
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 | $57,118 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $57,118 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,566 |
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 | $68,640 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,245 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of transportation security screeners in Texas earn under $68,640 and half over. The published range runs $46,510 at the tenth percentile to $77,520 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Texas's $57,118, worked from $68,640. 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 160 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $58,779, the adjusted value of that $68,640 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 160 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for transportation security screeners in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,510 to $77,520; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Texas take-home of $57,118, on $68,640 for work ranking 160 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 160 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $58,779 — the adjusted value of that $68,640 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 160 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $46,510 at the tenth percentile, $77,520 at the ninetieth.
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 $58,779 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $57,118 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 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,510 to $77,520) 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 $58,779 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 $57,118 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.