Dietitians and Nutritionists in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,331
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$13,719
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,251
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
$76,050
Kept after tax
$62,331
Worth in national money
$60,251
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Florida pays dietitians and nutritionists a middle wage of $76,050, ranking 17 of 51 states and sitting about 0.46% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Dietitians and nutritionists ranks 125 among 493 occupations Florida publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $76,050, tax leaves $62,331 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $60,251 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $73,270.
- Florida's median for dietitians and nutritionists is $76,050, about 0.46% above the national figure and 17 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 125 of 493 in Florida places dietitians and nutritionists 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, $62,331 remains from the Florida median of $76,050 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $60,251 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $73,270 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Dietitians and Nutritionists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $93,530 |
| This salary | $76,050 |
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 | $62,331 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,331 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,892 |
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 | $76,050 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,376 |
| 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 $76,050. The published range is $49,920 up to $93,530, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $62,331, from $76,050, 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 125 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 $60,251, the adjusted value of that $76,050 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 125 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for dietitians and nutritionists in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $49,920 to $93,530. 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 $62,331 from $76,050. 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 125 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $60,251 — the adjusted value of that $76,050 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 125 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 $73,270, 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 $49,920 at the bottom tenth to $93,530 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 $60,251 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $62,331 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $73,270. 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 ($49,920 to $93,530) 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 $60,251 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 $62,331 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.