Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,904
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$7,046
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,573
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
$46,950
Kept after tax
$39,904
Worth in national money
$38,573
State rank
30
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $46,950, ranking 30 of 47 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 326 among 493 occupations Florida publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $46,950, tax leaves $39,904 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $38,573 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $49,350, since top earners drag the number up.
- Florida occupies the middle band for crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders: a median of $46,950, ranking 30 of 47. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 326 of 493 in Florida places crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders 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.
- After tax, $39,904 remains from the Florida median of $46,950 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $38,573 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $49,350 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $69,100 |
| This salary | $46,950 |
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 | $39,904 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,904 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,492 |
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 | $46,950 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,013 |
| 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 $46,950. The published range is $36,520 up to $69,100, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $39,904 take-home in Florida comes from $46,950. 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 326 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Florida, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $38,573, the adjusted value of that $46,950 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 326 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,520 to $69,100. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $39,904, from $46,950, 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 326 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 47 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $38,573 — the adjusted value of that $46,950 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 326 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $49,350, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,520 at the bottom tenth to $69,100 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 $38,573 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $39,904 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $49,350. 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 ($36,520 to $69,100) 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 $38,573 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 $39,904 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.