Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,092
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$9,048
15.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,487
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
$57,140
Kept after tax
$48,092
Worth in national money
$46,487
State rank
49
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Florida. The middle earner gets $57,140. That is 49 of 49 states, and about 32.47% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Florida reports figures for, this is number 235.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $57,140 the take-home is $48,092. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $46,487 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $66,170, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For biological science teachers, postsecondary, Florida sits in the lower band at $57,140, ranking 49 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 32.47%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Florida's occupational distribution, biological science teachers, postsecondary sits at 235 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $48,092 for biological science teachers, postsecondary, from $57,140. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $46,487. ⚠️ 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 $66,170 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $92,580 |
| This salary | $57,140 |
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 | $48,092 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,092 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,003 |
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 | $57,140 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,632 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $57,140 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $51,670 and the ninetieth is $92,580 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $48,092, from $57,140, 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 235 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 $46,487, the adjusted value of that $57,140 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 235 of 493 in the state.
- The Florida median of $57,140 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $51,670 to $92,580. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Florida is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $48,092 from $57,140. 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 235 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $46,487 — the adjusted value of that $57,140 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 235 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 $66,170 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 $51,670 and the top tenth $92,580, so most people doing this work in Florida sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $46,487 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $48,092 survives, because Florida levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 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 $66,170. 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 ($51,670 to $92,580) 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 $46,487 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 $48,092 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.