What Human Resources Managers earn in Tarrant County, TX
According to the latest federal wage data for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metropolitan area, the median pay for Human Resources Managers in Tarrant County, TX is $140,890 a year, or $67.74 an hour. After federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare (and no state income tax), the paycheck shrinks to $107,231 a year, and rent, food and energy take another bite. The sections below walk through each step with the actual math for Tarrant County, TX.
The mean wage is $156,380, which is 11.0% above the median, a sign that a group of high earners lifts the average. The survey counts about 7,970 people working in this occupation across the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metropolitan area, so the estimate rests on a substantial pool of workers. Tarrant County, TX has roughly 2,167,390 residents, according to the population figures used by the rent data.
The salary range, from entry level to top earners
Pay for Human Resources Managers in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metropolitan area is not one number. The lowest-paid tenth of workers earn up to $89,990 a year ($43.26 an hour), while the highest-paid tenth earn $232,540 or more ($111.80 an hour). That is a gap of $142,550 between the bottom and the top of the scale. The middle half of workers falls between $109,250 at the 25th percentile and $181,200 at the 75th percentile. A top-tier earner makes 2.6 times what someone at the bottom makes, so experience, certification and employer all matter.
What the hourly rate looks like
Converted to an hourly wage, the median for Human Resources Managers in Tarrant County, TX is $67.74. A full-time schedule of 40 hours for 52 weeks adds up to $140,890, and the same salary is $11,741 a month before taxes or about $5,419 per biweekly pay period. After taxes the same job pays $51.55 per hour of take-home income, which is the number that actually has to cover rent and groceries.
About this occupation: Human Resources Managers
The U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET database describes the work of Human Resources Managers this way: "Plan, direct, or coordinate human resources activities and staff of an organization."
Core tasks recorded by O*NET include: "Administer compensation, benefits, and performance management systems, and safety and recreation programs"; "Identify staff vacancies and recruit, interview, and select applicants"; "Allocate human resources, ensuring appropriate matches between personnel"; "Provide current and prospective employees with information about policies, job duties, working conditions, wages, opportunities for promotion, and employee benefits".
Job outlook for Human Resources Managers
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects national employment in this occupation to grow from 224,900 jobs in 2025 to 237,400 in 2035, a change of +5.5%, faster than the 3.5% projected for all occupations. The projection counts 16,800 openings a year on average, including positions created by growth and positions left by workers who retire or move to another occupation; that equals 7.5% of current employment each year.
Typical entry-level education: bachelor's degree. Work experience in a related occupation: 5 years or more. BLS lists a national median annual wage of $149,280 for this occupation; the Tarrant County, TX median of $140,890 is 5.6% below it.
How pay in Tarrant County, TX compares
Compared with the Texas average
Tarrant County, TX pays above the state benchmark. The Texas employment-weighted average for Human Resources Managers is $136,988; the local median of $140,890 beats it by $3,902, or 2.9%. Within Texas, Tarrant County, TX already has the highest median we track for this job.
Compared with the national average
The national employment-weighted average for Human Resources Managers is $151,319 across the contiguous United States. At $140,890, Tarrant County, TX pays $10,429 less, which is 6.9% below that benchmark. Keep in mind that a higher salary only helps if living costs do not rise faster, which is why the cost sections below matter as much as the headline number.
Where this job ranks in Tarrant County, TX
Among the 627 occupations with published wages in Tarrant County, TX, Human Resources Managers ranks number 34 by median pay, ahead of about 95% of them. The best-paying occupation we track here is Computer and Information Systems Managers at $173,810 a year, which is $32,920 more than the median for Human Resources Managers.
From gross pay to take-home pay
A salary of $140,890 does not arrive in full. We model a single filer with wage income only, the standard deduction and tax-year 2025 rules, and we keep the three tax layers apart: federal income tax, FICA (Social Security and Medicare) and state income tax. Together they take $33,659 a year, which leaves $107,231, or $8,936 a month.
Put another way, of every $100 earned, about $24 goes to taxes and $76 reaches the paycheck. The overall effective tax rate is 23.9%.
Federal income tax
After the $15,750 standard deduction, taxable income is $125,140. Federal brackets are marginal, so only the slice of income above each threshold is taxed at the higher rate; the last dollars of this salary fall in the 24% bracket. The resulting federal income tax is $22,881, an effective 16.2% of gross pay, well below the 24% marginal rate because the lower brackets are cheaper.
Social Security and Medicare (FICA)
Payroll taxes are a flat percentage of wages. Social Security takes 6.2% up to a wage base of $176,100, which costs $8,735 on this salary. Medicare takes 1.45%, or $2,043. FICA totals $10,778, which is 7.6% of gross pay.
State income tax in Texas
There is no state income tax on wages in Texas, which means Human Resources Managers in Tarrant County, TX keep the full $107,231 left after federal and payroll taxes. For scale, a hypothetical flat 5% state tax on this salary would cost about $7,045 a year, so the absence of a state tax is worth roughly $587 a month.
A cross-check with IRS data for Tarrant County, TX
IRS Statistics of Income data for Tarrant County, TX show an average adjusted gross income of $94,073 per return and an average effective federal income tax rate of 14.8% across all filers. Filers in the $100,000 to under $200,000 bracket, where this salary falls, paid an average of 11.2%, compared with the 16.2% estimated here for a single filer taking the standard deduction. Gaps between the two reflect filing status, dependents, credits and other income, none of which a single-person wage estimate includes.
Cost of living in Tarrant County, TX
Take-home pay only means something next to what life costs. We price four basics for one adult in Tarrant County, TX: a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline. All of them are converted to annual figures first, then compared with the $107,231 of take-home pay.
Rent
The HUD Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Tarrant County, TX is $1,481 a month, or $17,772 a year. A two-bedroom costs $1,745 a month. For Human Resources Managers, a one-bedroom absorbs 16.6% of take-home pay and 12.6% of gross pay.
Food
The USDA Thrifty Food Plan (August 2026) puts the cost of a nutritious home-cooked diet for an adult at about $3,436 a year, which is $286 a month or $66.07 a week. That equals 2.4% of gross pay for Human Resources Managers in Tarrant County, TX. It is a thrifty budget with no restaurant meals, so treat it as a floor.
Energy and gasoline
Using Texas residential prices from the Energy Information Administration and national household averages for consumption, electricity costs about $1,578 a year and other home energy such as natural gas about $719, for $2,297 in total. Gasoline in Texas averages $2.88 per gallon; at about 463 gallons a year (11,106 miles at 24 miles per gallon) fuel adds $1,334.
What is left over
Add the four basics together and living costs come to $24,839 a year, 23% of take-home pay. That leaves $82,392 a year, or $6,866 a month, for savings, transportation beyond fuel, health care, debt and everything else. That margin equals 58.5% of gross pay, a comfortable cushion by common budgeting rules.
Local housing and commute data for Tarrant County, TX
The budget above covers rent, food, energy and gasoline. Three more local facts shape what a paycheck buys in Tarrant County, TX: property taxes, housing prices and the daily commute. The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Tarrant County, TX, set beside the Texas and national medians.
Property taxes in Tarrant County, TX
Homeowners in Tarrant County, TX pay a median of $5,334 a year in real estate taxes, 26% above the Texas median of $4,232 and 71% above the U.S. median of $3,119. Against a median home value of $323,900, the median tax bill is 1.65% of that value (the ratio of the two county medians). For a worker paid the local Human Resources Managers median of $140,890, a tax bill of that size would equal 3.8% of gross pay, which matters for anyone planning to buy rather than rent.
Rents, home prices and household income in Tarrant County, TX
Renters in Tarrant County, TX pay a median gross rent of $1,547 a month in the Census survey, 10% above the Texas median of $1,403. HUD's Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom apartment, which this site uses in the budget, is $1,481 a month; the two measures differ because the Census figure covers units of every size that renters already occupy, while the HUD figure is a one-bedroom benchmark. The median value of an owner-occupied home is $323,900, 14% above the Texas median of $283,800. Median household income is $84,207, 7% above the Texas median of $78,476, so a year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent equals 21.1% of that income.
Commuting in Tarrant County, TX
Workers in Tarrant County, TX who travel to a workplace spend an average of 26.8 minutes each way, in line with the Texas average of 26.7. For someone who commutes five days a week, that is 4.5 hours of round-trip travel every week, a cost the budget does not price. 14.8% of workers in Tarrant County, TX work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally, which removes the commute for them.
Can Human Resources Managers afford to live in Tarrant County, TX?
The 30% rent guideline
A common rule of thumb says rent should stay under 30% of gross income. For a gross salary of $140,890 that ceiling is $3,522 a month. The one-bedroom Fair Market Rent of $1,481 is $2,041 under it, so rent fits the guideline. Put as a wage, covering a one-bedroom at the 30% guideline takes $28.48 an hour; the median for Human Resources Managers is $67.74, which is 138% above that mark. Another way to see it: at $51.55 of take-home pay an hour, a one-bedroom takes about 6.6 working hours every week.
Splitting a two-bedroom
Sharing a two-bedroom at $1,745 a month means $873 each. Compared with renting a one-bedroom alone, that saves $7,302 a year. With a roommate, the yearly margin after the basics becomes $89,694.
How fast you can save
At $6,866 a month of margin, building a $10,000 emergency fund would take about 2 months. Setting aside half of the margin stretches the same goal to about 4 months. These figures ignore interest, raises and any spending beyond the four basics.
Frequently asked questions about Human Resources Managers pay in Tarrant County, TX
What is the hourly wage for Human Resources Managers in Tarrant County, TX?
The median is $67.74 per hour, based on $140,890 a year over 2,080 hours. Hourly pay runs from about $43.26 at the 10th percentile to $111.80 at the 90th percentile.
What is the take-home pay for Human Resources Managers in Tarrant County, TX?
After federal income tax, FICA, the median salary of $140,890 becomes $107,231 a year. That is $8,936 a month, $4,124 every two weeks or $2,062 a week.
What percentage of pay goes to taxes for Human Resources Managers in Tarrant County, TX?
Total taxes are $33,659 a year, an effective rate of 23.9%: $22,881 federal income tax, $10,778 FICA and no Texas income tax.
Is pay for Human Resources Managers in Tarrant County, TX above the Texas average?
Yes. The local median of $140,890 is +2.9% versus the Texas average of $136,988, a difference of $3,902 a year.
Is a one-bedroom rent affordable on the median Human Resources Managers salary in Tarrant County, TX?
A one-bedroom costs $1,481 a month against take-home pay of $8,936, which is 16.6% of take-home pay. That meets the 30%-of-gross guideline, which allows up to $3,522 a month.
How much is left after rent, food and energy for Human Resources Managers in Tarrant County, TX?
About $6,866 a month ($82,392 a year) remains after a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline, which together cost $24,839 a year.
What hourly wage covers a one-bedroom in Tarrant County, TX at the 30% guideline?
$28.48 an hour for a full-time schedule, calculated as the $17,772 annual rent divided by 0.30 and by 2,080 hours. The median for Human Resources Managers is $67.74.
How we calculated these numbers
Wages are May 2025 medians from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metropolitan area; hourly-only values are annualized at 2,080 hours. Rents are HUD Fair Market Rents, food costs come from the USDA Thrifty Food Plan, and energy prices come from the Energy Information Administration. County-level tax statistics come from the IRS Statistics of Income.
Taxes use tax-year 2025 federal brackets, FICA rates and the Texas rules for a single filer with wage income only. Figures are estimates for planning and comparison, not tax or financial advice, and they exclude local income taxes, benefits, retirement contributions and individual circumstances.