Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,969
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$7,061
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,635
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
$47,030
Kept after tax
$39,969
Worth in national money
$38,635
State rank
32
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Florida pays this job around $47,030 at the midpoint, 32 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 324 among 493 occupations Florida publishes pay for.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $47,030 the take-home is $39,969; in national-average money that behaves like $38,635. The average comes to $52,630, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For educational instruction and library workers, all other the Florida median is $47,030, ranking 32 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 324 of 493 in Florida places educational instruction and library workers, all other 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 educational instruction and library workers, all other in Florida, on $47,030, is $39,969; deflated by the state's price level, $38,635. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $52,630 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,320 |
| This salary | $47,030 |
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 | $39,969 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,969 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,496 |
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 | $47,030 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,018 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,030 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,200 and the ninetieth is $79,320 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $39,969, from $47,030, 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 324 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 $38,635, the adjusted value of that $47,030 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 324 of 493 in the state.
- The Florida median of $47,030 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,200 to $79,320. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Florida is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $39,969 from $47,030. 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 324 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $38,635 — the adjusted value of that $47,030 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 324 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 $52,630, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $31,200 and the top tenth $79,320 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $38,635 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $39,969 survives, because Florida levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $52,630. 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 ($31,200) and the ninetieth ($79,320) 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 $38,635 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 $39,969 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.