You’re Already Doing This Job

Austin’s job market has grown faster than its job titles. And there’s one career most people in this city have never considered — even if they’re already doing it.

Nannies whose kids are aging into school. Teachers done with the AISD classroom. Restaurant managers burned out on closing shifts on Rainey Street. Tech workers leaving 60-hour weeks at Tesla or Indeed. The organizational skills you already have are worth $30 to $45+ an hour as a house manager. Westlake, Tarrytown, and Cedar Park families are actively hiring right now.

There’s a decent chance you didn’t know this career existed.

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What House Managers Actually Earn in Austin

In the Austin market, house managers earn $30 to $45+ per hour. Most roles start at 15 to 20 hours per week.

The range breaks down like this:

$30–$33/hr. Career changers with strong transferable skills, or house managers building their first private household client base. Common in East Austin, Pflugerville, and Round Rock.

$33–$38/hr. Experienced house managers handling full household operations. This is the sweet spot for most dual-income Austin families hiring 15 to 25 hours per week. Hyde Park, Mueller, Cedar Park, Westlake.

$38–$45+/hr. Senior professionals managing complex households — multiple children, travel coordination, event planning, property oversight. West Lake Hills, Tarrytown, Rollingwood, and Lakeway roles often land here.

For full-time positions, annual numbers look like this:

Salary.com puts the Texas average at around $77,000 per year. Austin trends higher than the state average given the concentration of tech-income households. ZipRecruiter reports averages around $48,000, with the 90th percentile near $80,000.

Austin’s tech-driven growth — Tesla, Apple, Oracle, Indeed, the migration from California — has created one of the fastest-growing markets for this role in the country. Dual-tech-income households, no state income tax, and homes spread across a 50-mile metro push both demand and compensation upward.

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Now Compare That to Where You Are

AISD teachers make $58K. House managers in Austin make $48K to $120K+. Same organizational skills. Different ceiling.

Restaurant managers downtown work nights, weekends, and holidays for $55K. House managers work flexible hours in one home for the same — or more.

Nannies whose kids are aging into St. Andrew’s or Headwaters: your hours are about to shrink. But your skills aren’t shrinking. They’ve been growing all along. House management is the role that matches what you’re actually capable of.

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What the Role Actually Looks Like in Austin

A house manager isn’t a housekeeper. They’re not a nanny. They’re not a personal assistant.

They hold the operating system of the home. The stuff the family carries in their heads — they carry in theirs. And they build the systems that make it run without anyone having to remember everything.

In practice, that looks like:

Meal planning, grocery shopping, and meal prep. H-E-B, Central Market, Whole Foods on Lamar. Dinner is handled when the family walks in the door.

Laundry and household organization. Folded, put away, not sitting in the dryer for three days.

Errand running and scheduling. Appointments made, prescriptions picked up, dry cleaning dropped off.

Vendor coordination. The pool service, the lawn crew, the AC tech, the pest control company (in Texas, that one’s non-negotiable). You manage them so the family doesn’t have to think about it.

Household inventory. You know they’re low on paper towels before they do.

Calendar and logistics support. School forms, birthday party RSVPs, summer camp registrations, the family’s Lake Travis weekend plans.

The scope flexes based on the family. Some start with groceries and laundry. Others hand off the full household from day one. Part-time roles at 15 to 20 hours per week are the most common entry point in Austin.

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You Don’t Need a Certification to Start

No formal qualifications are required. What Austin families are looking for is someone who sees the whole picture, takes initiative, and treats their home like a professional operation.

The skills that transfer directly:

From nannying. You already know how a household runs. The transition is about scope, not starting over.

From teaching. Organization, patience, scheduling, managing competing priorities. You’ve been doing project management in a classroom for years.

From hospitality. Logistics under pressure, vendor management, service standards, anticipating what people need before they ask.

From admin or EA work. Calendar management, coordination, systems thinking. You’ve been running someone else’s operation. Now the operation is a home.

From running your own household. You’ve been doing this work for years. A resume gap isn’t a gap — it’s a different kind of experience.

51% of house managers hold bachelor’s degrees, according to Zippia. But a degree isn’t what gets you hired. The instinct to build systems, anticipate needs, and take ownership is.

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What You Need to Know About Pay and Taxes in Texas

Texas follows federal labor law rather than passing stronger state-level protections. That means the foundations come from the IRS and the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

Overtime. Time-and-a-half after 40 hours per week applies to household employees under the FLSA.

No state income tax. Your take-home percentage runs higher than in California or New York at the same hourly rate.

Workers’ comp coverage. Texas is unusual here — workers’ comp isn’t required by state law, but reputable agencies and families carry it. Confirm it before you accept any role.

Texas minimum wage: $7.25/hr (federal floor). Not relevant at $30 to $45+/hr, but worth knowing.

No state-level Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights in Texas. That makes W-2 protections, a written employment agreement, and workers’ comp coverage even more important. A reputable agency will require all three.

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What Sage Haus Does Differently

Most staffing agencies hand over a resume and disappear. Or they treat candidates like interchangeable parts — not professionals with skills worth advocating for.

Sage Haus works differently.

We match qualified candidates with families who treat this as a real career. Real pay, real benefits, and a role that grows. We vet families as carefully as we vet candidates — because you deserve to know who you’re walking into.

In practice, that means:

We advocate for your compensation. We know the Austin market — Westlake, West Lake Hills, Tarrytown, Cedar Park, Lakeway, Round Rock — and we make sure families understand what this role is worth.

Onboarding support. Including our Home Systems Playbook — the first onboarding system built specifically for the house manager role.

Placements across the US and Canada with local experts who know your market.

We’re not your employer. We’re your advocate.

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Is This Role Right for You?

The families who hire through Sage Haus aren’t looking for perfection. They’re looking for someone who sees the whole picture, takes initiative, and treats their home like a professional operation.

If that sounds like what you already do — whether in an AISD classroom, a Rainey Street restaurant, someone else’s home in Westlake, or your own house in Pflugerville — you’re closer than you think.

Five things that predict success in this role:

1. Systems thinking. You organize complexity, not just tasks.
2. Service orientation. You anticipate needs before being asked.
3. Reliability. You’ve stayed somewhere long enough to build something.
4. Professional warmth. You can be warm and maintain boundaries.
5. Curiosity. You ask about the family’s needs, not just the pay and hours.

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Ready to See What This Looks Like for You?

$30 to $45+ an hour in Austin. Part-time or full-time. Flexible schedules. A career with a real title and real growth.

[Take the Quiz] → See if the role fits your background.

[View Open Roles] → Find house manager roles near you in Austin, Westlake, Cedar Park, Round Rock, and Lakeway.

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Frequently Asked Questions: House Manager Jobs in Austin

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Sources:

• Salary.com. House Manager Salary, Texas.
• Salary.com. Mom Salary Survey. $184,820 annual value estimate.
• ZipRecruiter. Household Manager Salary, Austin. Average $48K; 90th percentile ~$80K.
• Zippia. House Manager Demographics. 51% hold bachelor’s degrees.
• IRS Publication 926. Household Employer’s Tax Guide.
• Texas Workforce Commission. Minimum Wage. $7.25/hr (federal floor).
• U.S. Department of Labor. FLSA Domestic Service Final Rule.
• Texas Department of Insurance. Workers’ Compensation. Texas is a non-mandatory state.

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