Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,045
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$6,835
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,742
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
$45,880
Kept after tax
$39,045
Worth in national money
$37,742
State rank
47
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Florida pays this job a middle wage of $45,880, 47 of 51 states and about 8.86% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Florida reports figures for, this is number 347.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $45,880, tax leaves $39,045 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $37,742 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $49,620, since top earners drag the number up.
- Florida's $45,880 median for dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance places it 47 of 51 states, about 8.86% 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.
- In Florida's occupational distribution, dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance sits at 347 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, $39,045 remains from the Florida median of $45,880 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $37,742 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $49,620 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $69,490 |
| This salary | $45,880 |
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 | $39,045 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,045 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,438 |
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 | $45,880 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,948 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance in Florida earn under $45,880 and half over. The published range runs $35,350 at the tenth percentile to $69,490 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $39,045, from $45,880, 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 347 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 $37,742, the adjusted value of that $45,880 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 347 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,350 to $69,490; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Florida is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $39,045 from $45,880. 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 347 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $37,742 — the adjusted value of that $45,880 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 347 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $49,620, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $35,350 at the bottom tenth to $69,490 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 $37,742 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $39,045 survives, because Florida levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 $49,620. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($35,350) and the ninetieth ($69,490) 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 $37,742 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 $39,045 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.