First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,167
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$20,393
20.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,559
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
$98,560
Kept after tax
$78,167
Worth in national money
$75,559
State rank
12
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $98,560, which ranks 12 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 5.38% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Florida. It ranks 64 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $98,560 the take-home is $78,167. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $75,559 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $100,920, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida ranks 12 of 50 states publishing a median for first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers, at $98,560 — about 5.38% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Florida, first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers ranks 64 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $78,167 for first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers, from $98,560. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $75,559. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $100,920 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,450 |
| This salary | $98,560 |
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 | $78,167 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,167 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,881 |
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 | $98,560 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,742 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $98,560 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $62,520 and the ninetieth is $133,450 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $78,167 take-home in Florida comes from $98,560. 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 64 of 493.
- Two cautions on $75,559, the adjusted value of that $98,560 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Florida. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 64 of 493 locally.
- The Florida median of $98,560 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $62,520 to $133,450. 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 $78,167, from $98,560, 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 64 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 50 for it.
- This $75,559 adjusted figure, worked from $98,560, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 64 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 64 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $62,520 and the top tenth $133,450, so most people doing this work in Florida sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Florida costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $75,559 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $78,167 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 50 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 ($62,520 to $133,450) 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 $75,559 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 $78,167 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.