Biological Scientists, All Other in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$67,769
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$16,011
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,508
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
$83,780
Kept after tax
$67,769
Worth in national money
$65,508
State rank
31
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Florida pays biological scientists, all other around $83,780 at the midpoint, 31 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Florida this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, biological scientists, all other ranks 93 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $83,780 the take-home is $67,769. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $65,508 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $85,540, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For biological scientists, all other the Florida median is $83,780, ranking 31 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Florida publishes a median for, biological scientists, all other sits 93 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 $67,769 for biological scientists, all other, from $83,780. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $65,508. ⚠️ 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 $85,540 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Biological Scientists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $83,780 |
| Top tenth earn over | $119,540 |
| This salary | $83,780 |
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 | $67,769 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,769 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,231 |
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 | $83,780 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,845 |
| 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 $83,780. The published range is $43,680 up to $119,540, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $67,769, from $83,780, 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 93 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $65,508 uses one figure for the whole of Florida. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 93.
- Reported values are medians; for biological scientists, all other in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $43,680 to $119,540. 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 $67,769 from $83,780. 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 93 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $65,508, worked from $83,780, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Florida address, on work sitting at 93 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $43,680 and the top tenth $119,540 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $65,508 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $67,769 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($43,680) and the ninetieth ($119,540) 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 $65,508 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 $67,769 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.