Engineers, All Other in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$82,986
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$22,424
21.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,217
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
$105,410
Kept after tax
$82,986
Worth in national money
$80,217
State rank
38
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida is among the lower-paying states for engineers, all other. The middle earner takes $105,410, ranking 38 of 51 states — about 14.25% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within Florida this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, engineers, all other ranks 39 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $105,410, tax leaves $82,986 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $80,217 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $110,430, since top earners drag the number up.
- Florida ranks 38 of 51 for engineers, all other, with a median of $105,410 — about 14.25% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Florida publishes a median for, engineers, all other sits 39 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After tax, $82,986 remains from the Florida median of $105,410 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $80,217 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $110,430 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Engineers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,490 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $105,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $167,950 |
| This salary | $105,410 |
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 | $82,986 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,986 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,182 |
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 | $105,410 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,157 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $105,410 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $59,490 and the ninetieth is $167,950 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $82,986 take-home in Florida comes from $105,410. 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 39 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Florida, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $80,217, the adjusted value of that $105,410 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 39 of 493 in the state.
- The Florida median of $105,410 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $59,490 to $167,950. 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 $82,986, from $105,410, 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 39 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 38 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $80,217 — the adjusted value of that $105,410 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 39 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 $110,430, 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 $59,490 and the top tenth $167,950 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $80,217 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $82,986 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $110,430. 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 ($59,490) and the ninetieth ($167,950) 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 $80,217 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 $82,986 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.