Education Administrators, Postsecondary in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$67,811
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$16,029
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,549
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
$83,840
Kept after tax
$67,811
Worth in national money
$65,549
State rank
49
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Florida. The middle earner gets $83,840. That is 49 of 51 states, and about 19.84% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Florida reports, this job comes in at 92 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $83,840, tax leaves $67,811 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $65,549 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $99,460, since top earners drag the number up.
- For education administrators, postsecondary, Florida sits in the lower band at $83,840, ranking 49 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 19.84%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Education administrators, postsecondary ranks 92 of 493 occupations by median in Florida, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After tax, $67,811 remains from the Florida median of $83,840 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $65,549 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $99,460 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $83,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $153,610 |
| This salary | $83,840 |
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 | $67,811 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,811 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,234 |
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 | $83,840 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,849 |
| 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 $83,840. The published range is $63,240 up to $153,610, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $67,811, from $83,840, 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 92 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 $65,549, the adjusted value of that $83,840 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 92 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for education administrators, postsecondary in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $63,240 to $153,610. 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 $67,811 from $83,840. 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 92 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $65,549 — the adjusted value of that $83,840 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 92 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 $99,460, 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 $63,240 at the bottom tenth to $153,610 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $65,549 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $67,811 of this wage reaches your account, because Florida takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $99,460. 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 ($63,240) and the ninetieth ($153,610) 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 $65,549 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 $67,811 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.