Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,439
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$21,351
21.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,755
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
$101,790
Kept after tax
$80,439
Worth in national money
$77,755
State rank
32
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Florida. The middle earner gets $101,790. That is 32 of 45 states, and about 11.61% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Florida reports, this job comes in at 46 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $101,790, tax leaves $80,439 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $77,755 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $102,830, since top earners drag the number up.
- For health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors, Florida sits in the lower band at $101,790, ranking 32 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 11.61%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors ranks 46 of 493 occupations by median in Florida, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After tax, $80,439 remains from the Florida median of $101,790 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $77,755 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $102,830 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $149,030 |
| This salary | $101,790 |
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 | $80,439 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,439 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,023 |
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 | $101,790 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,938 |
| 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 health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors in Florida earn under $101,790 and half over. The published range runs $60,820 at the tenth percentile to $149,030 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $80,439 take-home in Florida comes from $101,790. 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 46 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Florida, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $77,755, the adjusted value of that $101,790 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 46 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $60,820 to $149,030; 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.
- Retained pay of $80,439, from $101,790, 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 46 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 32 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $77,755 — the adjusted value of that $101,790 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 46 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $60,820 at the bottom tenth to $149,030 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 $77,755 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $80,439 survives, because Florida levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($60,820) and the ninetieth ($149,030) 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 $77,755 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 $80,439 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.