Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$79,672
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$21,028
20.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,989
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
$100,700
Kept after tax
$79,672
Worth in national money
$81,989
State rank
38
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $100,700, ranking 38 of 51 states — about 6.09% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Texas. It ranks 66 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $100,700, tax leaves $79,672, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $81,989 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $114,870, since top earners drag the number up.
- Texas ranks 38 of 51 for transportation, storage, and distribution managers, with a median of $100,700 — about 6.09% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Within Texas, transportation, storage, and distribution managers ranks 66 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Because Texas sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for transportation, storage, and distribution managers — median $100,700 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $79,672 retained, $81,989 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $114,870 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,700 |
| Top tenth earn over | $177,340 |
| This salary | $100,700 |
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 | $79,672 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $79,672 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,975 |
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 | $100,700 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,315 |
| 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 $100,700. The published range is $63,380 up to $177,340, 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 $79,672, worked from $100,700. 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 66 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $81,989 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 66.
- Reported values are medians; for transportation, storage, and distribution managers in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $63,380 to $177,340. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Texas take-home of $79,672, on $100,700 for work ranking 66 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 66 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $81,989, worked from $100,700, 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 66 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 $114,870 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $63,380, the highest tenth $177,340, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $81,989.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $79,672 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $114,870. 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 ($63,380) and the ninetieth ($177,340) 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 $81,989 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 $79,672 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.