diff --git a/.changeset/fix-query-schema-select-output.md b/.changeset/fix-query-schema-select-output.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a8d9d6051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-query-schema-select-output.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@tanstack/query-db-collection': patch
+---
+
+Fix `queryCollectionOptions` to accept selectors that materialize transforming schema outputs from wrapped responses while preserving schema input types for mutations.
diff --git a/packages/query-db-collection/src/query.ts b/packages/query-db-collection/src/query.ts
index 14b81e0d20..c924f292e3 100644
--- a/packages/query-db-collection/src/query.ts
+++ b/packages/query-db-collection/src/query.ts
@@ -562,16 +562,20 @@ export function queryCollectionOptions<
   TKey extends string | number = string | number,
   TQueryData = Awaited<ReturnType<TQueryFn>>,
 >(
-  config: QueryCollectionConfig<
-    InferSchemaOutput<T>,
-    TQueryFn,
-    TError,
-    TQueryKey,
-    TKey,
-    T
+  config: Omit<
+    QueryCollectionConfig<
+      InferSchemaOutput<T>,
+      TQueryFn,
+      TError,
+      TQueryKey,
+      TKey,
+      T,
+      TQueryData
+    >,
+    `select`
   > & {
     schema: T
-    select: (data: TQueryData) => Array<InferSchemaInput<T>>
+    select: (data: TQueryData) => Array<InferSchemaOutput<T>>
   },
 ): CollectionConfig<
   InferSchemaOutput<T>,
diff --git a/packages/query-db-collection/tests/query.test-d.ts b/packages/query-db-collection/tests/query.test-d.ts
index ebb1e13e71..bc9cb74041 100644
--- a/packages/query-db-collection/tests/query.test-d.ts
+++ b/packages/query-db-collection/tests/query.test-d.ts
@@ -488,6 +488,97 @@ describe(`Query collection type resolution tests`, () => {
       // Should infer ResponseType as select parameter type
       expectTypeOf(selectUserData).parameters.toEqualTypeOf<[ResponseType]>()
     })
+
+    /**
+     * Law and source: The public schema-plus-select overload maps the `queryFn`
+     * result through `select` into materialized schema output rows. Collection
+     * mutations still accept schema input. Here, the schema relation is
+     * `createdAt: string` input -> `createdAt: Date` output.
+     *
+     * Production path and checkpoint: Infer options through
+     * `queryCollectionOptions`, create the Collection, then inspect the public
+     * types at compile time.
+     *
+     * Observations: `select` input, output-row keys, delete keys, collection
+     * reads, and mutation inputs. The paired configs are the hostile control:
+     * they differ only in whether `select` returns schema output or input.
+     * Runtime schema parsing and result publication are outside this oracle.
+     */
+    it(`preserves schema output rows selected from a wrapped response`, () => {
+      const rowSchema = z.object({
+        id: z.string(),
+        createdAt: z.string().transform((value) => new Date(value)),
+      })
+
+      type RowInput = z.input<typeof rowSchema>
+      type RowOutput = z.output<typeof rowSchema>
+      type WrappedResponse = {
+        rows: Array<RowOutput>
+        total: number
+      }
+
+      const options = queryCollectionOptions({
+        queryClient,
+        queryKey: [`wrapped-transformed-schema`],
+        queryFn: async (): Promise<WrappedResponse> => ({
+          rows: [{ id: `1`, createdAt: new Date(0) }],
+          total: 1,
+        }),
+        select: (response) => {
+          expectTypeOf(response).toEqualTypeOf<WrappedResponse>()
+          return response.rows
+        },
+        schema: rowSchema,
+        getKey: (item) => item.id,
+      })
+
+      expectTypeOf(options.getKey).parameters.toEqualTypeOf<[RowOutput]>()
+      expectTypeOf(options.getKey).returns.toEqualTypeOf<string>()
+      expectTypeOf(options.utils.writeDelete).parameters.toEqualTypeOf<
+        [string | Array<string>]
+      >()
+
+      const collection = createCollection(options)
+      collection.insert({ id: `2`, createdAt: `2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z` })
+
+      const selected = collection.get(`1`)
+      if (selected) {
+        expectTypeOf(selected.createdAt).toEqualTypeOf<Date>()
+      }
+
+      // @ts-expect-error schema mutation inputs have not been materialized yet
+      collection.insert({ id: `3`, createdAt: new Date(0) })
+
+      type HostileResponse = {
+        inputRows: Array<RowInput>
+        outputRows: Array<RowOutput>
+      }
+
+      // Keep every option shared so unrelated config errors cannot satisfy the
+      // negative assertion at the public overload.
+      const schemaOutputSelectConfig = {
+        queryClient,
+        queryKey: [`wrapped-schema-output-control`],
+        queryFn: async (): Promise<HostileResponse> => ({
+          inputRows: [{ id: `1`, createdAt: `1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z` }],
+          outputRows: [{ id: `1`, createdAt: new Date(0) }],
+        }),
+        select: (response: HostileResponse): Array<RowOutput> =>
+          response.outputRows,
+        schema: rowSchema,
+        getKey: (item: RowOutput) => item.id,
+      }
+      queryCollectionOptions(schemaOutputSelectConfig)
+
+      const schemaInputSelectConfig = {
+        ...schemaOutputSelectConfig,
+        select: (response: HostileResponse): Array<RowInput> =>
+          response.inputRows,
+      }
+
+      // @ts-expect-error select must return materialized schema output rows
+      queryCollectionOptions(schemaInputSelectConfig)
+    })
   })
 
   describe(`loadSubsetOptions type inference`, () => {