Dietetic Technicians in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,094
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$4,646
13.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,089
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
$34,740
Kept after tax
$30,094
Worth in national money
$29,089
State rank
34
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Florida pays dietetic technicians a middle wage of $34,740, 34 of 45 states and about 7.7% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Florida this is lower-paid work. Of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, dietetic technicians ranks 461. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $34,740 the take-home is $30,094. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $29,089 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $36,250, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida's $34,740 median for dietetic technicians places it 34 of 45 states, about 7.7% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Florida reports, dietetic technicians ranks 461 of 493, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $30,094 for dietetic technicians, from $34,740. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $29,089. ⚠️ 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 $36,250 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Dietetic Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $39,540 |
| This salary | $34,740 |
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 | $30,094 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,094 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,879 |
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 | $34,740 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,272 |
| 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 $34,740. The published range is $31,500 up to $39,540, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $30,094, from $34,740, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 461 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Florida, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $29,089, the adjusted value of that $34,740 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 461 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for dietetic technicians in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $31,500 to $39,540. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Florida is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $30,094 from $34,740. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 461 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $29,089 — the adjusted value of that $34,740 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 461 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 $36,250, 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?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $31,500 and the top tenth $39,540, so most people doing this work in Florida sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $29,089 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $30,094 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 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 $36,250. 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 ($31,500 to $39,540) 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 $29,089 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 $30,094 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.