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Cutters and Trimmers, Hand salary in Houston, TX

The median cutters and trimmers, hand in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX earns $25,900 a year, 32% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $1,912 a month.

10th percentile
$25,750
25th percentile
$25,750
Median percentile
$25,900
75th percentile
$35,650
90th percentile
$36,040

Based on 130 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

$22,939 take-home a year
Gross pay$25,900
Federal income tax−$980
Social Security + Medicare−$1,981
Texas income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$1,912
Every two weeks$882

Does it go far here?

$26,260Median pay in Houston, TX is worth this at average US prices (local price level 98.6 vs 100).
75%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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