Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,190
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$4,670
13.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,183
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
$34,860
Kept after tax
$30,190
Worth in national money
$29,183
State rank
33
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Florida is 33 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $34,860. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Florida this is lower-paid work. Of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 460. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $34,860 the take-home is $30,190. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $29,183 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $36,080, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida ranks 33 of 51 for automotive and watercraft service attendants at $34,860. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Florida reports, automotive and watercraft service attendants ranks 460 of 493, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $30,190 for automotive and watercraft service attendants, from $34,860. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $29,183. ⚠️ 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 $36,080 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,020 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,210 |
| This salary | $34,860 |
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 | $30,190 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,190 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,885 |
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 | $34,860 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,280 |
| 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 $34,860. The published range is $28,020 up to $47,210, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $30,190 take-home in Florida comes from $34,860. 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 460 of 493.
- Two cautions on $29,183, the adjusted value of that $34,860 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Florida. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 460 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for automotive and watercraft service attendants in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $28,020 to $47,210. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $30,190, from $34,860, 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 460 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 51 for it.
- This $29,183 adjusted figure, worked from $34,860, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 460 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 460 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $36,080 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $28,020 and the top tenth $47,210, so most people doing this work in Florida sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $29,183 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $30,190 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $36,080. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,020 to $47,210) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Florida rather than a national figure.
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 $29,183 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 $30,190 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.