Chemical Technicians in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,609
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$8,441
15.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,087
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
$54,050
Kept after tax
$45,609
Worth in national money
$44,087
State rank
43
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Florida pays chemical technicians a middle wage of $54,050, 43 of 51 states and about 10.5% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in Florida, this sits in the middle: 251 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $54,050 the take-home is $45,609. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $44,087 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $56,340, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida's $54,050 median for chemical technicians places it 43 of 51 states, about 10.5% 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.
- Chemical technicians ranks 251 of 493 occupations in Florida by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $45,609 for chemical technicians, from $54,050. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,087. ⚠️ 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 $56,340 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Chemical Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $54,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,560 |
| This salary | $54,050 |
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 | $45,609 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,609 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,848 |
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 | $54,050 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,444 |
| 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 $54,050. The published range is $39,200 up to $75,560, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $45,609 take-home in Florida comes from $54,050. 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 251 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $44,087 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 251.
- Reported values are medians; for chemical technicians in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,200 to $75,560. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $45,609, from $54,050, 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 251 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 43 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $44,087, worked from $54,050, 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 251 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 $56,340 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 $39,200 and the top tenth $75,560, so most people doing this work in Florida sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $44,087 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $45,609 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 $56,340. 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 ($39,200 to $75,560) 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 $44,087 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 $45,609 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.