Tree Trimmers and Pruners in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,224
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$5,656
14.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,219
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
$39,880
Kept after tax
$34,224
Worth in national money
$35,219
State rank
48
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Texas pays tree trimmers and pruners a middle wage of $39,880, 48 of 49 states and about 21.74% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Texas this is lower-paid work. Of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, tree trimmers and pruners ranks 388. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $39,880, take-home of $34,224 is worth roughly $35,219 in national money. The average comes to $42,510, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Texas's $39,880 median for tree trimmers and pruners places it 48 of 49 states, about 21.74% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Texas reports, tree trimmers and pruners ranks 388 of 493, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for tree trimmers and pruners, whose median is $39,880, the adjusted figure of $35,219 differs little from $34,224 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $42,510 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Tree Trimmers and Pruners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,610 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,220 |
| This salary | $39,880 |
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 | $34,224 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $34,224 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,137 |
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 | $39,880 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,751 |
| 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 tree trimmers and pruners in Texas earn under $39,880 and half over. The published range runs $35,610 at the tenth percentile to $49,220 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $34,224 take-home in Texas comes from $39,880. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 388 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $35,219, the adjusted value of that $39,880 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 388 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for tree trimmers and pruners in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,610 to $49,220; 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.
- Retained pay of $34,224, from $39,880, assumes a single Texas filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 388 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 48 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $35,219 — the adjusted value of that $39,880 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 388 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 $42,510, 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?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $35,610 at the tenth percentile, $49,220 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 $35,219 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $34,224 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $42,510. 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 ($35,610 to $49,220) 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 $35,219 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 $34,224 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.