Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$23,523
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$3,087
11.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$24,207
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
$26,610
Kept after tax
$23,523
Worth in national money
$24,207
State rank
43
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $26,610, ranking 43 of 50 states — about 19.14% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Texas, this one sits low: 487 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $26,610 the take-home is $23,523, which is worth about $24,207 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $27,420, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Texas ranks 43 of 50 for ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers, with a median of $26,610 — about 19.14% 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.
- Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers occupies position 487 of 493 in Texas's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Texas's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers on its $26,610 median: $23,523 retained after tax becomes $24,207 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $27,420 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $20,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $26,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $36,120 |
| This salary | $26,610 |
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 | $23,523 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $23,523 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,469 |
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 | $26,610 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,845 |
| 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 ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers in Texas earn under $26,610 and half over. The published range runs $20,150 at the tenth percentile to $36,120 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $23,523, from $26,610, 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 487 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 $24,207 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 487.
- Figures are distribution medians for ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $20,150 to $36,120; 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.
- Take-home for Texas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $23,523 from $26,610. 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 487 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $24,207, worked from $26,610, 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 487 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $27,420, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $20,150 and the top tenth $36,120, so most people doing this work in Texas sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $24,207 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $23,523 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 50 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 $27,420. 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 ($20,150 to $36,120) 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 $24,207 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 $23,523 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.