Helpers--Production Workers in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,673
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$5,277
13.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,583
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
$37,950
Kept after tax
$32,673
Worth in national money
$31,583
State rank
37
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Florida pays helpers--production workers a middle wage of $37,950, 37 of 49 states and about 2.87% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Florida this is lower-paid work. Of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, helpers--production workers ranks 416. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $37,950 the take-home is $32,673. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $31,583 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $39,530, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida's $37,950 median for helpers--production workers places it 37 of 49 states, about 2.87% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Florida reports, helpers--production workers ranks 416 of 493, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $32,673 for helpers--production workers, from $37,950. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $31,583. ⚠️ 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 $39,530 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Helpers--Production Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,270 |
| This salary | $37,950 |
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 | $32,673 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,673 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,040 |
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 | $37,950 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,467 |
| 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 $37,950. The published range is $30,970 up to $49,270, 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 Florida's $32,673, worked from $37,950. 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 416 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $31,583 uses one figure for the whole of Florida. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 416.
- Reported values are medians; for helpers--production workers in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $30,970 to $49,270. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Florida take-home of $32,673, on $37,950 for work ranking 416 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 416 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $31,583, worked from $37,950, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Florida address, on work sitting at 416 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 $39,530, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $30,970 at the bottom tenth to $49,270 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $31,583 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $32,673 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. 49 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 $39,530. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($30,970 to $49,270) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Florida rather than a national figure.
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 $31,583 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 $32,673 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.