Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,527
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$7,443
15.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,142
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
$48,970
Kept after tax
$41,527
Worth in national money
$40,142
State rank
32
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida sits in the middle of the pack for drywall and ceiling tile installers. The median is $48,970, ranking 32 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Florida reports figures for, this is number 289.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $48,970 the take-home is $41,527; in national-average money that behaves like $40,142. The average lands at $48,900, below the middle of the range.
- Florida occupies the middle band for drywall and ceiling tile installers: a median of $48,970, ranking 32 of 49. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Florida's occupational distribution, drywall and ceiling tile installers sits at 289 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.
- Take-home for drywall and ceiling tile installers in Florida, on $48,970, is $41,527; deflated by the state's price level, $40,142. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $48,900 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,520 |
| This salary | $48,970 |
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 | $41,527 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,527 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,593 |
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 | $48,970 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,136 |
| 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 drywall and ceiling tile installers in Florida earn under $48,970 and half over. The published range runs $33,460 at the tenth percentile to $61,520 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $41,527 take-home in Florida comes from $48,970. 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 289 of 493.
- Two cautions on $40,142, the adjusted value of that $48,970 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Florida. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 289 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for drywall and ceiling tile installers in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,460 to $61,520; 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.
- Retained pay of $41,527, from $48,970, 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 289 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 32 of 49 for it.
- This $40,142 adjusted figure, worked from $48,970, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 289 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 289 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $33,460 at the tenth percentile, $61,520 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $40,142 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $41,527 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,460 to $61,520) 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 $40,142 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 $41,527 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.