Automotive Body and Related Repairers in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,230
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$7,370
15.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,854
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
$48,600
Kept after tax
$41,230
Worth in national money
$39,854
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Florida pays this job a middle wage of $48,600, 45 of 51 states and about 11.46% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Florida reports figures for, this is number 297.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $48,600, tax leaves $41,230 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $39,854 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $56,410, since top earners drag the number up.
- Florida's $48,600 median for automotive body and related repairers places it 45 of 51 states, about 11.46% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In Florida's occupational distribution, automotive body and related repairers sits at 297 of 493 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After tax, $41,230 remains from the Florida median of $48,600 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $39,854 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $56,410 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Automotive Body and Related Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $93,170 |
| This salary | $48,600 |
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 | $41,230 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,230 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,574 |
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 | $48,600 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,113 |
| 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 $48,600. The published range is $36,390 up to $93,170, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Florida's $41,230, worked from $48,600. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 297 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Florida, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $39,854, the adjusted value of that $48,600 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 297 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for automotive body and related repairers in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,390 to $93,170. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Florida take-home of $41,230, on $48,600 for work ranking 297 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 297 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $39,854 — the adjusted value of that $48,600 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 297 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 $56,410, 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 $36,390 at the bottom tenth to $93,170 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Florida costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $39,854 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $41,230 survives, because Florida levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $56,410. 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 ($36,390) and the ninetieth ($93,170) 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 $39,854 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 $41,230 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.