Graphic Designers in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,724
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$9,936
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,998
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
$61,660
Kept after tax
$51,724
Worth in national money
$49,998
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Florida pays graphic designers around $61,660 at the midpoint, 19 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Florida reports figures for, this is number 185.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $61,660, tax leaves $51,724 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $49,998 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $68,070, since top earners drag the number up.
- For graphic designers the Florida median is $61,660, ranking 19 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Florida's occupational distribution, graphic designers sits at 185 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.
- After tax, $51,724 remains from the Florida median of $61,660 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $49,998 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $68,070 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Graphic Designers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,810 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,860 |
| This salary | $61,660 |
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 | $51,724 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,724 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,230 |
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 | $61,660 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,906 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Florida earn less than $61,660. The published range is $39,810 up to $101,860, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $51,724 take-home in Florida comes from $61,660. 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 185 of 493.
- Two cautions on $49,998, the adjusted value of that $61,660 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 185 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for graphic designers in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,810 to $101,860. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $51,724, from $61,660, 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 185 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 19 of 51 for it.
- This $49,998 adjusted figure, worked from $61,660, 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 185 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 185 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $68,070 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $39,810, the highest tenth $101,860, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $49,998 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $51,724 survives, because Florida levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $68,070. 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 ($39,810) and the ninetieth ($101,860) 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 $49,998 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 $51,724 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.