Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,800
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$9,710
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,105
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
$60,510
Kept after tax
$50,800
Worth in national money
$49,105
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Florida. The middle earner gets $60,510. That is 36 of 51 states, and about 3.85% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 201 among 493 occupations Florida publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $60,510 the take-home is $50,800. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $49,105 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $63,650, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For clinical laboratory technologists and technicians, Florida sits in the lower band at $60,510, ranking 36 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 3.85%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 201 of 493 in Florida places clinical laboratory technologists and technicians in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $50,800 for clinical laboratory technologists and technicians, from $60,510. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $49,105. ⚠️ 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 $63,650 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $96,860 |
| This salary | $60,510 |
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 | $50,800 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,800 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,172 |
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 | $60,510 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,836 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,510 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,530 and the ninetieth is $96,860 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $50,800 take-home in Florida comes from $60,510. 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 201 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Florida, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $49,105, the adjusted value of that $60,510 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 201 of 493 in the state.
- The Florida median of $60,510 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,530 to $96,860. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $50,800, from $60,510, 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 201 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 36 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $49,105 — the adjusted value of that $60,510 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 201 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 $63,650 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $37,530 at the bottom tenth to $96,860 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $49,105 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $50,800 survives, because Florida levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $63,650. 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 ($37,530) and the ninetieth ($96,860) 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 $49,105 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 $50,800 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.