Atmospheric and Space Scientists in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$90,408
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$25,552
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$87,391
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
$115,960
Kept after tax
$90,408
Worth in national money
$87,391
State rank
7
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida is one of the better-paying states for atmospheric and space scientists. The middle earner takes $115,960, which ranks 7 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 17.05% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Florida. It ranks 32 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $115,960 the take-home is $90,408. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $87,391 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $114,740, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Florida ranks 7 of 47 states publishing a median for atmospheric and space scientists, at $115,960 — about 17.05% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Florida, atmospheric and space scientists ranks 32 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $90,408 for atmospheric and space scientists, from $115,960. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $87,391. ⚠️ 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 $114,740 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Atmospheric and Space Scientists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $115,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $172,410 |
| This salary | $115,960 |
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 | $90,408 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $90,408 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,645 |
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 | $115,960 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,797 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $115,960 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $52,980 and the ninetieth is $172,410 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $90,408 take-home in Florida comes from $115,960. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 32 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Florida, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $87,391, the adjusted value of that $115,960 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 32 of 493 in the state.
- The Florida median of $115,960 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $52,980 to $172,410. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $90,408, from $115,960, assumes a single Florida filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 32 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 47 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $87,391 — the adjusted value of that $115,960 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 32 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $52,980, the highest tenth $172,410, 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 $87,391 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $90,408 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($52,980) and the ninetieth ($172,410) 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 $87,391 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 $90,408 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.