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Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary salary in Houston, TX

The median criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX earns $79,420 a year, 4% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,392 a month.

10th percentile
$41,630
25th percentile
$59,060
Median percentile
$79,420
75th percentile
$102,680
90th percentile
$126,770

Based on 240 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$64,702 take-home a year
Gross pay$79,420
Federal income tax−$8,642
Social Security + Medicare−$6,076
Texas income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$5,392
Every two weeks$2,489

Does it go far here?

$80,524Median pay in Houston, TX is worth this at average US prices (local price level 98.6 vs 100).
27%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,430 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Houston, TX

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$307,690
Physicians, All Other$292,490
Nurse Anesthetists$275,310
Chief Executives$275,270
General Internal Medicine Physicians$274,410
Anesthesiologists$210,230
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers$174,490
Computer and Information Systems Managers$172,160

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