Surgical Assistants Salary in Amarillo, TX

Surgical Assistants pay range in Amarillo

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $34,080 a year or less, while the top 10% make $94,970 or more. The middle half of surgical assistants in Amarillo earn between $58,420 and $91,350.

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

Surgical Assistants salary after taxes in Amarillo

On the average salary of $72,690, a single filer in Amarillo takes home about $59,967 a year, or $4,997 a month and $2,306 every two weeks. Taxes take 18% of gross pay.

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

Is Amarillo a good place for surgical assistants? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Amarillo area are 8% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.8), so the average $72,690 buys what about $79,166 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Amarillo ($44,580). A typical home costs $219,904, or 3.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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Surgical Assistants salary in other Texas cities

Amarillo ranks 6th of 9 Texas metro areas for this job; Austin pays the most ($88,140).

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Highest-paying cities for surgical assistants

Phoenix, AZ pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($141,940).

Surgical Assistants salary by city

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