Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,630
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$8,690
15.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,074
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
$55,320
Kept after tax
$46,630
Worth in national money
$45,074
State rank
40
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida is among the lower-paying states for earth drillers, except oil and gas. The middle earner takes $55,320, ranking 40 of 48 states — about 8.09% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Earth drillers, except oil and gas ranks 249 among 493 occupations Florida publishes pay for.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $55,320 the take-home is $46,630; in national-average money that behaves like $45,074. The average lands at $54,060, below the middle of the range.
- Florida ranks 40 of 48 for earth drillers, except oil and gas, with a median of $55,320 — about 8.09% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 249 of 493 in Florida places earth drillers, except oil and gas 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.
- Take-home for earth drillers, except oil and gas in Florida, on $55,320, is $46,630; deflated by the state's price level, $45,074. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $54,060 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,180 |
| This salary | $55,320 |
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 | $46,630 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,630 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,912 |
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 | $55,320 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,521 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $55,320 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $43,380 and the ninetieth is $63,180 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $46,630 take-home in Florida comes from $55,320. 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 249 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,074 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 249.
- The Florida median of $55,320 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $43,380 to $63,180. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $46,630, from $55,320, 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 249 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 40 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,074, worked from $55,320, 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 249 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $43,380 at the tenth percentile, $63,180 at the ninetieth.
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 $45,074 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $46,630 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 48 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 ($43,380 to $63,180) 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 $45,074 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 $46,630 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.