Construction Laborers in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,558
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$6,472
14.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,305
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
$44,030
Kept after tax
$37,558
Worth in national money
$36,305
State rank
40
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida is among the lower-paying states for construction laborers. The middle earner takes $44,030, ranking 40 of 51 states — about 6.56% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Florida reports figures for, this is number 369.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $44,030, tax leaves $37,558 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $36,305 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $44,550, since top earners drag the number up.
- Florida ranks 40 of 51 for construction laborers, with a median of $44,030 — about 6.56% 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.
- In Florida's occupational distribution, construction laborers sits at 369 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.
- After tax, $37,558 remains from the Florida median of $44,030 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $36,305 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $44,550 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Construction Laborers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,900 |
| This salary | $44,030 |
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 | $37,558 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,558 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,345 |
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 | $44,030 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,836 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $44,030 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $33,280 and the ninetieth is $58,900 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $37,558 take-home in Florida comes from $44,030. 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 369 of 493.
- Two cautions on $36,305, the adjusted value of that $44,030 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Florida. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 369 of 493 locally.
- The Florida median of $44,030 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $33,280 to $58,900. 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 $37,558, from $44,030, 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 369 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 40 of 51 for it.
- This $36,305 adjusted figure, worked from $44,030, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 369 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 369 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $33,280 at the bottom tenth to $58,900 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $36,305 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $37,558 of this wage reaches your account, because Florida takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,280 to $58,900) 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 $36,305 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 $37,558 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.