Carpet Installers in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,214
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$7,366
15.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,839
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
$48,580
Kept after tax
$41,214
Worth in national money
$39,839
State rank
30
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Florida is 30 of 45 states for carpet installers, with a middle wage of $48,580. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Florida reports figures for, this is number 298.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $48,580 the take-home is $41,214; in national-average money that behaves like $39,839. The average comes to $49,300, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Florida ranks 30 of 45 for carpet installers at $48,580. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Florida's occupational distribution, carpet installers sits at 298 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.
- Take-home for carpet installers in Florida, on $48,580, is $41,214; deflated by the state's price level, $39,839. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $49,300 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Carpet Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $65,140 |
| This salary | $48,580 |
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 | $41,214 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,214 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,573 |
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 | $48,580 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,112 |
| 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 $48,580. The published range is $36,000 up to $65,140, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $41,214 take-home in Florida comes from $48,580. 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 298 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $39,839 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 298.
- Reported values are medians; for carpet installers in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,000 to $65,140. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $41,214, from $48,580, 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 298 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 45 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $39,839, worked from $48,580, 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 298 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,000 at the tenth percentile, $65,140 at the ninetieth.
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 $39,839 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $41,214 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,000 to $65,140) 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 $39,839 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 $41,214 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.