Accountants and Auditors in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,582
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$14,668
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,427
Florida costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Florida — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$79,250
Kept after tax
$64,582
Worth in national money
$62,427
State rank
27
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Florida is 27 of 51 states for accountants and auditors, with a middle wage of $79,250. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Florida. It ranks 105 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $79,250 the take-home is $64,582; in national-average money that behaves like $62,427. The average comes to $88,210, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Florida ranks 27 of 51 for accountants and auditors at $79,250. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Florida, accountants and auditors ranks 105 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Take-home for accountants and auditors in Florida, on $79,250, is $64,582; deflated by the state's price level, $62,427. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $88,210 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Accountants and Auditors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $131,930 |
| This salary | $79,250 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Florida | $64,582 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,582 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,032 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $79,250 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,570 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of accountants and auditors in Florida earn under $79,250 and half over. The published range runs $50,280 at the tenth percentile to $131,930 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $64,582, from $79,250, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 105 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $62,427 uses one figure for the whole of Florida. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 105.
- Figures are distribution medians for accountants and auditors in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $50,280 to $131,930; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Florida is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $64,582 from $79,250. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 105 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $62,427, worked from $79,250, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Florida address, on work sitting at 105 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $88,210, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $50,280, the highest tenth $131,930, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Florida run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $62,427 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $64,582 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Florida is $88,210. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($50,280) and the ninetieth ($131,930) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Florida's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $62,427 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Florida levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $64,582 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.