Forest and Conservation Technicians in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,299
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$8,121
15.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,821
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
$52,420
Kept after tax
$44,299
Worth in national money
$42,821
State rank
27
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $52,420, ranking 27 of 45 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Florida reports figures for, this is number 257.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $52,420 the take-home is $44,299. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $42,821 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $55,350, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida occupies the middle band for forest and conservation technicians: a median of $52,420, ranking 27 of 45. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Florida's occupational distribution, forest and conservation technicians sits at 257 of 493 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $44,299 for forest and conservation technicians, from $52,420. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,821. ⚠️ 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 $55,350 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Forest and Conservation Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $52,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,750 |
| This salary | $52,420 |
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 | $44,299 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,299 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,766 |
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 | $52,420 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,345 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of forest and conservation technicians in Florida earn under $52,420 and half over. The published range runs $33,760 at the tenth percentile to $80,750 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $44,299, from $52,420, 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 257 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $42,821, the adjusted value of that $52,420 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 257 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for forest and conservation technicians in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,760 to $80,750; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Florida is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $44,299 from $52,420. 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 257 of 493 locally.
- This $42,821 adjusted figure, worked from $52,420, 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 257 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 257 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 $55,350, 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 $33,760 at the bottom tenth to $80,750 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 $42,821 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $44,299 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.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $55,350. 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 ($33,760) and the ninetieth ($80,750) 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 $42,821 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 $44,299 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.