Pay · Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health · Texas
Environmental science and protection technician salary in Texas: $50,710 a year
What environmental science and protection technicians, including health earn in Texas, from the 2025 federal wage survey: 34th of 49 states and 8% below the U.S. median. Starting pay, the paycheck, the states around it and the jobs next to this one.
Texas in short
Median pay, the state’s place among the states, and how many people do the work here.
From starting pay to top pay in Texas
Where most start, the middle, and the best-paid tenth — against the same points for the U.S.
Texas U.S.: $38,170 – $94,160
Texas and the states around it
Neighbouring states on the map, not in the ranking — the move people actually weigh.
The median paycheck in Texas
$50,710 a year before tax. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare take $7,785 of it (15.4%) at 2026 rates.
- A month $3,577 $4,226 before tax
- Every two weeks $1,651 $1,950 before tax
- A week $825 $975 before tax
- A year $42,925 $50,710 before tax
- Take-home $42,925
- Federal income tax $3,905
- Medicare $735
A single filer taking the standard deduction, before state and local income taxes and before deductions such as retirement or health insurance. Some public employees, many teachers among them, pay into a state pension instead of Social Security. Rates: IRS, Rev. Proc. 2025-32: tax year 2026 inflation adjustments, SSA, 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment Fact Sheet.
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Environmental science and protection technician pay in Texas: questions people ask
What is the average environmental science and protection technician salary in Texas?
The median is $50,710 a year: half of the 3,350 environmental science and protection technicians, including health in Texas earn more, half less. The lowest-paid tenth earn under $39,490, the best-paid tenth over $78,770.
What is the starting salary for environmental science and protection technicians, including health in Texas?
Most start around $39,490 a year — the pay of the lowest-paid tenth.
What rank is Texas for environmental science and protection technician pay?
34th of 49 states. Washington pays the most, $67,160.
Do environmental science and protection technicians, including health earn more in Texas or New Mexico?
Texas: $50,710 against $62,330 in New Mexico — $11,620 less a year.
How much is an environmental science and protection technician paycheck in Texas?
At the median, about $3,577 a month after federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare, from $4,226 before tax — for a single filer, before state income tax.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025, state estimates. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”