Business Teachers, Postsecondary in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,315
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$14,555
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,169
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
$78,870
Kept after tax
$64,315
Worth in national money
$62,169
State rank
44
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $78,870, ranking 44 of 51 states — about 20.4% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Florida reports, this job comes in at 106 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $78,870, tax leaves $64,315 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $62,169 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $92,230, since top earners drag the number up.
- Florida ranks 44 of 51 for business teachers, postsecondary, with a median of $78,870 — about 20.4% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Business teachers, postsecondary ranks 106 of 493 occupations by median in Florida, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After tax, $64,315 remains from the Florida median of $78,870 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $62,169 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $92,230 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Business Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,870 |
| Top tenth earn over | $156,480 |
| This salary | $78,870 |
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 | $64,315 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,315 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,016 |
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 | $78,870 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,547 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $78,870 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $50,580 and the ninetieth is $156,480 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $64,315, from $78,870, 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 106 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 $62,169 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 106.
- The Florida median of $78,870 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $50,580 to $156,480. 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 $64,315 from $78,870. 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 106 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $62,169, worked from $78,870, 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 106 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 $92,230, 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 $50,580 at the bottom tenth to $156,480 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 $62,169 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $64,315 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $92,230. 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 ($50,580) and the ninetieth ($156,480) 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 $62,169 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 $64,315 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.