Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,761
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$19,379
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,233
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
$95,140
Kept after tax
$75,761
Worth in national money
$73,233
State rank
17
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $95,140, ranking 17 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Florida this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 72 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $95,140 the take-home is $75,761; in national-average money that behaves like $73,233. The average comes to $103,290, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Florida occupies the middle band for geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers: a median of $95,140, ranking 17 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Florida publishes a median for, geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers sits 72 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.
- Take-home for geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers in Florida, on $95,140, is $75,761; deflated by the state's price level, $73,233. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $103,290 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $55,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $164,070 |
| This salary | $95,140 |
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 | $75,761 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,761 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,730 |
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 | $95,140 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,534 |
| 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 geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers in Florida earn under $95,140 and half over. The published range runs $55,440 at the tenth percentile to $164,070 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $75,761, from $95,140, 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 72 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $73,233, the adjusted value of that $95,140 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 72 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $55,440 to $164,070; 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 $75,761 from $95,140. 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 72 of 493 locally.
- This $73,233 adjusted figure, worked from $95,140, 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 72 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 72 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 $103,290, 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 $55,440 at the bottom tenth to $164,070 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $73,233 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $75,761 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $103,290. 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 ($55,440) and the ninetieth ($164,070) 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 $73,233 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 $75,761 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.