Art Directors in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,941
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$20,719
20.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,307
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
$99,660
Kept after tax
$78,941
Worth in national money
$76,307
State rank
18
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Florida is 18 of 46 states for art directors, with a middle wage of $99,660. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Florida this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, art directors ranks 59 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $99,660 the take-home is $78,941. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $76,307 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $105,200, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida ranks 18 of 46 for art directors at $99,660. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Florida publishes a median for, art directors sits 59 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $78,941 for art directors, from $99,660. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $76,307. ⚠️ 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 $105,200 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Art Directors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $163,450 |
| This salary | $99,660 |
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 | $78,941 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,941 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,929 |
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 | $99,660 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,808 |
| 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 $99,660. The published range is $56,780 up to $163,450, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $78,941, from $99,660, 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 59 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Florida, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $76,307, the adjusted value of that $99,660 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 59 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for art directors in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $56,780 to $163,450. 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 $78,941 from $99,660. 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 59 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $76,307 — the adjusted value of that $99,660 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 59 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 $105,200, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $56,780 at the bottom tenth to $163,450 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $76,307 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $78,941 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 $105,200. 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 ($56,780) and the ninetieth ($163,450) 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 $76,307 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 $78,941 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.