Animal Caretakers Salary in Abilene, TX

Animal Caretakers pay range in Abilene

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $22,290 a year or less, while the top 10% make $49,070 or more. The middle half of animal caretakers in Abilene earn between $28,570 and $46,210.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Animal Caretakers salary after taxes in Abilene

On the average salary of $36,180, a single filer in Abilene takes home about $31,251 a year, or $2,604 a month and $1,202 every two weeks. Taxes take 14% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

Is Abilene a good place for animal caretakers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Abilene area are 10% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 90.4), so the average $36,180 buys what about $40,038 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Abilene ($44,340). A typical home costs $217,009, or 6.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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Animal Caretakers salary in other Texas cities

Abilene ranks 6th of 25 Texas metro areas for this job; Dallas pays the most ($37,840).

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Highest-paying cities for animal caretakers

San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($47,930).

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