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Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers salary in Houston, TX

The median helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX earns $37,470 a year, 5% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,691 a month.

10th percentile
$23,370
25th percentile
$31,970
Median percentile
$37,470
75th percentile
$43,840
90th percentile
$49,860

Based on 4,440 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

$32,287 take-home a year
Gross pay$37,470
Federal income tax−$2,316
Social Security + Medicare−$2,866
Texas income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$2,691
Every two weeks$1,242

Does it go far here?

$37,991Median pay in Houston, TX is worth this at average US prices (local price level 98.6 vs 100).
53%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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