Data Scientists in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$90,309
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$25,511
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$87,296
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
$115,820
Kept after tax
$90,309
Worth in national money
$87,296
State rank
16
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida is one of the better-paying states for data scientists. The middle earner takes $115,820, which ranks 16 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 3.67% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Florida reports, data scientists comes in at 33 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $115,820, tax leaves $90,309 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $87,296 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $119,150, since top earners drag the number up.
- Florida ranks 16 of 49 states publishing a median for data scientists, at $115,820 — about 3.67% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Data scientists ranks 33 of 493 occupations by median in Florida, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After tax, $90,309 remains from the Florida median of $115,820 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $87,296 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $119,150 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Data Scientists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $115,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $174,140 |
| This salary | $115,820 |
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 | $90,309 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $90,309 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,639 |
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 | $115,820 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,789 |
| 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 $115,820. The published range is $63,080 up to $174,140, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Florida's $90,309, worked from $115,820. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 33 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $87,296 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 33.
- Reported values are medians; for data scientists in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $63,080 to $174,140. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Florida take-home of $90,309, on $115,820 for work ranking 33 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 33 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $87,296, worked from $115,820, 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 33 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $63,080 at the bottom tenth to $174,140 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $87,296 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $90,309 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 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($63,080) and the ninetieth ($174,140) 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 $87,296 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 $90,309 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.