Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,711
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$19,779
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,151
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
$96,490
Kept after tax
$76,711
Worth in national money
$74,151
State rank
42
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $96,490, ranking 42 of 51 states — about 8.86% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Florida. It ranks 69 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $96,490, tax leaves $76,711 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $74,151 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $97,750, since top earners drag the number up.
- Florida ranks 42 of 51 for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary, with a median of $96,490 — about 8.86% 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.
- Within Florida, education administrators, kindergarten through secondary ranks 69 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After tax, $76,711 remains from the Florida median of $96,490 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $74,151 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $97,750 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $96,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $130,650 |
| This salary | $96,490 |
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 | $76,711 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,711 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,790 |
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 | $96,490 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,616 |
| 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 education administrators, kindergarten through secondary in Florida earn under $96,490 and half over. The published range runs $61,030 at the tenth percentile to $130,650 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $76,711 take-home in Florida comes from $96,490. 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 69 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $74,151 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 69.
- Figures are distribution medians for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $61,030 to $130,650; 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 $76,711, from $96,490, 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 69 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 42 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $74,151, worked from $96,490, 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 69 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $61,030, the highest tenth $130,650, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $74,151 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $76,711 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($61,030) and the ninetieth ($130,650) 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 $74,151 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 $76,711 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.