Urban and Regional Planners in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$67,101
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$15,729
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,052
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
$82,830
Kept after tax
$67,101
Worth in national money
$69,052
State rank
22
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Texas is 22 of 51 states for urban and regional planners, with a middle wage of $82,830. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Texas reports, urban and regional planners comes in at 101 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $82,830, take-home of $67,101 is worth roughly $69,052 in national money. The average comes to $86,240, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Texas ranks 22 of 51 for urban and regional planners at $82,830. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Urban and regional planners ranks 101 of 493 occupations by median in Texas, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for urban and regional planners, whose median is $82,830, the adjusted figure of $69,052 differs little from $67,101 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $86,240 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Urban and Regional Planners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $121,780 |
| This salary | $82,830 |
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 | $67,101 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $67,101 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,190 |
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 | $82,830 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,161 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $82,830 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $59,510 and the ninetieth is $121,780 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Texas's $67,101, worked from $82,830. 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 101 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $69,052, the adjusted value of that $82,830 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 101 of 493 in the state.
- The Texas median of $82,830 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $59,510 to $121,780. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Texas take-home of $67,101, on $82,830 for work ranking 101 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 101 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $69,052 — the adjusted value of that $82,830 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 101 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 $86,240, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $59,510 at the bottom tenth to $121,780 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $69,052 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $67,101 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $86,240. 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 ($59,510) and the ninetieth ($121,780) 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 $69,052 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 $67,101 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.