Median pay · Texas
$39,260A year, or $19 an hour.| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile1 in 10 earn less | $30,900 | $15 |
| 25th percentile | $36,540 | $18 |
| MedianHalf earn more, half less | $39,260 | $19 |
| 75th percentile | $45,310 | $22 |
| 90th percentile1 in 10 earn more | $49,490 | $24 |
| MeanAll pay divided by all jobs | $40,490 | $19 |
Wage survey · BLS May 2025
How we got this
- Median wage in TexasBLS OEWS May 2025. Half of the people in this job were paid more than this, half less.$39,260
- Median hourly wagePublished separately by BLS, not divided out of the annual figure.$18.87
- Take-home after federal and FICA tax$2,810 a month at an effective rate of 14.1%.$33,725 a year
- Worth at national average pricesPrices in Texas sit at 97.1 against a national 100 (BEA, 2024).$40,450
- Against the national medianThe national median is $39,200.0.2% above
- Jobs countedA concentration of 0.76 against the nation's 1.00.4,710
What we assumed
- Wages are BLS OEWS survey estimates for May 2025, not job postings or offers.
- OEWS surveys wage and salary workers. The self-employed and business owners are outside it.
- Take-home assumes one 2026 filer, filing single, taking the standard deduction, with no dependents, pre-tax retirement contributions or local income tax.
- Regional price parities compare price levels between places in one year. They are not inflation, and they do not adjust for what a household actually buys.
Technical details
Method occupation-wage-v1Data bls-oews-2025-05-v1, us-tax-2026-v1, bea-rpp-2024-v1, census-acs5-2024-v1
What lands in the bank
Tax year 2026 · InteractiveEstimated on the median salary of $39,260 in Texas, for a single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026. Explore other wage levels and filing statuses below.
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What $39,260 is worth in Texas
Prices in Texas sit at 97.1 against a national average of 100, so $39,260 earned here buys what $40,450 buys at national average prices.
- Rents. 96.5 against 100, the component that moves most between states.
- Against local households. The median household in Texas takes in $78,476, so this occupation's median is 0.5 times that, on one income.
- How common the job is here. 24% less concentrated in Texas than in the country as a whole.
Reading the numbers
What stands out for couriers and messengers in Texas
Texas does not tax wages, so the take-home figure above loses only federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare.
The median for this job is 0.5 times the median household income in Texas ($78,476). Many households have two earners, so one paycheck at this level falls short of what a typical local household brings in.
Pay is tightly grouped: the 90th percentile ($49,490) is only 1.6 times the 10th ($30,900), so most couriers and messengers here earn within a narrow band.
Common questions
Couriers and Messengers pay in Texas, answered
How much do couriers and messengers make in Texas?
The median wage for couriers and messengers in Texas is $39,260 a year, or $18.87 an hour.
Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.
What is the average Couriers and Messengers salary in Texas?
BLS’s mean (average) wage for couriers and messengers in Texas is $40,490 a year. The median is $39,260.
The mean sits higher when a smaller group of high earners pulls the average up. For a typical paycheck, the median is the better middle.
What is the hourly pay for couriers and messengers in Texas?
The median hourly wage is $18.87. At a full-time year that lines up with about $39,260 a year.
BLS May 2025; hourly and annual figures come from the same survey.
What is the starting salary for couriers and messengers in Texas?
BLS does not publish starting pay. The closest figure it does publish is the low end of the range: in Texas, the lowest-paid 10% of couriers and messengers earn under $30,900 a year and a quarter earn under $36,540 ($14.85 and $17.57 an hour).
New hires often start somewhere in that band, but the May 2025 survey does not record experience, so read it as a floor to compare an offer against rather than a typical first salary.
What is the salary range for couriers and messengers in Texas?
The overall salary range for couriers and messengers in Texas spans from $30,900 for the bottom 10% to $49,490 for top earners.
The middle 50% earn between $36,540 and $45,310 a year, with the overall median at $39,260.
What is the take-home pay for couriers and messengers in Texas?
On the median wage of $39,260, a single filer taking the 2026 standard deduction keeps an estimated $33,725 a year, or roughly $2,810 a month.
That is after federal and FICA tax, an effective rate of 14.1%.
Texas levies no state income tax on wages, so nothing is withheld for it.
How much does couriers and messengers make a month in Texas?
On the median annual salary of $39,260, estimated take-home pay is roughly $2,810 a month after federal, state, and FICA taxes.
For workers paid on a standard biweekly schedule (26 pay periods per year), each paycheck is approximately $1,297 net.
Do couriers and messengers earn more in Texas than in the rest of the country?
Yes. The median in Texas is 0.2% above the national median of $39,200.
Nominal pay is only half the comparison: prices in Texas sit at 97.1 against a national 100, so the gap in what the money buys is different from the gap in the salary.
Is $39,260 a good salary in Texas?
It is 0.5 times the median household income of $78,476. A household often has more than one earner, so a single salary at this level goes further than the ratio alone suggests.
Prices in Texas run at 97.1 against a national average of 100, with rents at 96.5, so $39,260 here buys about what $40,450 buys at national average prices.
What do the highest-paid couriers and messengers earn in Texas?
The top tenth earn $49,490 a year or more. The 10th-percentile wage is $30,900.
Experience, specialty, employer and the part of Texas someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.
How many couriers and messengers are there in Texas?
The survey counted 4,710 of these jobs in Texas for May 2025.
That makes the occupation 24% less concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.