Women Teachers in Texas: Pay, Gap, and Numbers
Elementary teaching is 74% female; pay pressures differ sharply by state and district funding. This page applies Texas’s overall wage environment to the national BLS median earnings for teachers to estimate the state-level pay gap.
Earnings estimate — Elementary Teachers in Texas
Methodology: The state pay gap is estimated by applying Texas’s overall female-to-male earnings ratio adjustment (-0.2% vs national) to the national BLS median for female teachers. See Pay Gap Lookup for interactive comparison.
National baseline
Texas context
Texas’s overall women-to-men earnings ratio is 83.6%, ranking #18 of 51 US jurisdictions on pay equity. 25.4% of the state legislature is women (CAWP 2024); 6 women from Texas serve in the 119th US Congress. First woman governor: 1925.
Other professions in Texas
Women teachers in neighboring & key states
Related pages
Frequently asked
What is the median salary for female teachers in Texas?
Estimated at $63,029 per year, derived from the BLS national median for female teachers ($63,180) adjusted by Texas’s overall wage environment (-0.2% vs national).
What is the pay gap for teachers in Texas?
Estimated at 8.2%, or about $5,611 per year per worker at the median. This applies the state-level wage environment to the national BLS profession gap.
How does Texas compare nationally on pay equity?
Texas ranks #18 of 51 US jurisdictions on the overall female-to-men earnings ratio (Census ACS S2001).
What BLS occupation code applies here?
25-2021 (SOC, Standard Occupational Classification, 2018 revision). See BLS CPS Table 39 for the current national median weekly earnings.
Are these numbers adjusted for experience?
No — these are state-level medians across all experience levels. Use the Pay Gap Lookup tool for experience-adjusted estimates.