Aircraft Service Attendants in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,034
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$5,366
14.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,932
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
$38,400
Kept after tax
$33,034
Worth in national money
$31,932
State rank
35
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida is among the lower-paying states for aircraft service attendants. The middle earner takes $38,400, ranking 35 of 46 states — about 5.07% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Florida, this one sits low: 412 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $38,400 the take-home is $33,034. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $31,932 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $42,300, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida ranks 35 of 46 for aircraft service attendants, with a median of $38,400 — about 5.07% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Aircraft service attendants occupies position 412 of 493 in Florida's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $33,034 for aircraft service attendants, from $38,400. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $31,932. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $42,300 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Aircraft Service Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,400 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,930 |
| This salary | $38,400 |
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 | $33,034 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,034 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,063 |
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 | $38,400 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,495 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Florida earn less than $38,400. The published range is $31,510 up to $63,930, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $33,034, from $38,400, 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 412 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 $31,932 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 412.
- Reported values are medians; for aircraft service attendants in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $31,510 to $63,930. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Florida is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $33,034 from $38,400. 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 412 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $31,932, worked from $38,400, 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 412 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 $42,300, 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 $31,510, the highest tenth $63,930, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $31,932 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $33,034 of this wage reaches your account, because Florida takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $42,300. 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 ($31,510) and the ninetieth ($63,930) 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 $31,932 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 $33,034 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.