Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,443
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$14,187
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,326
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
$77,630
Kept after tax
$63,443
Worth in national money
$61,326
State rank
43
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Florida. The middle earner gets $77,630. That is 43 of 48 states, and about 16.75% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Florida. It ranks 112 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $77,630, tax leaves $63,443 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $61,326 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $82,330, since top earners drag the number up.
- For chemistry teachers, postsecondary, Florida sits in the lower band at $77,630, ranking 43 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 16.75%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Florida, chemistry teachers, postsecondary ranks 112 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After tax, $63,443 remains from the Florida median of $77,630 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $61,326 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $82,330 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,680 |
| This salary | $77,630 |
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 | $63,443 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,443 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,961 |
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 | $77,630 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,472 |
| 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 $77,630. The published range is $58,070 up to $103,680, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $63,443 take-home in Florida comes from $77,630. 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 112 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $61,326 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 112.
- Reported values are medians; for chemistry teachers, postsecondary in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $58,070 to $103,680. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $63,443, from $77,630, 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 112 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 43 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $61,326, worked from $77,630, 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 112 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 $82,330, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $58,070 at the bottom tenth to $103,680 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $61,326 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $63,443 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $82,330. 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 ($58,070 to $103,680) 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 $61,326 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 $63,443 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.