Floral Designers in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,904
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$6,556
14.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,914
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — 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
$44,460
Kept after tax
$37,904
Worth in national money
$34,914
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for floral designers is strong here. Washington's middle earner gets $44,460, putting the state 10 of 51 — about 19% ahead of the national figure.
- Against 493 occupations Washington publishes, floral designers lands at 454. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $44,460 the take-home is $37,904. But Washington costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $34,914 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $45,510, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For floral designers, Washington sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $44,460, ranking 10 of 51 and running about 19% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Washington, this work ranks 454 of 493 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Washington income tax is $37,904 for floral designers, from $44,460. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $34,914. ⚠️ 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 $45,510 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Floral Designers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,460 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,560 |
| This salary | $44,460 |
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 Washington | $37,904 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,904 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,091 |
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 | $44,460 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,948 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Washington earn less than $44,460. The published range is $37,710 up to $56,560, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Washington's $37,904, worked from $44,460. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 454 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Washington, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $34,914, the adjusted value of that $44,460 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 454 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for floral designers in Washington the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,710 to $56,560. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Washington take-home of $37,904, on $44,460 for work ranking 454 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 454 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Washington, so $34,914 — the adjusted value of that $44,460 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 454 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,710 and the top tenth $56,560, so most people doing this work in Washington sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Washington costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $34,914 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $37,904 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,710 to $56,560) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Washington rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $34,914 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?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $37,904 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.