Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,893
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$4,597
13.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,895
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
$34,490
Kept after tax
$29,893
Worth in national money
$28,895
State rank
38
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Florida pays this job a middle wage of $34,490, 38 of 51 states and about 6.38% 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, this job ranks 463. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $34,490 the take-home is $29,893; in national-average money that behaves like $28,895. The average comes to $35,060, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Florida's $34,490 median for janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners places it 38 of 51 states, about 6.38% 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, janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ranks 463 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.
- Take-home for janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners in Florida, on $34,490, is $29,893; deflated by the state's price level, $28,895. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $35,060 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $42,930 |
| This salary | $34,490 |
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 | $29,893 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,893 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,866 |
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 | $34,490 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,257 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $34,490 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $28,800 and the ninetieth is $42,930 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $29,893, from $34,490, 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 463 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $28,895 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 463.
- The Florida median of $34,490 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $28,800 to $42,930. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Florida is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $29,893 from $34,490. 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 463 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $28,895, worked from $34,490, 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 463 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $28,800 at the tenth percentile, $42,930 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Florida costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $28,895 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $29,893 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,800 to $42,930) 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 $28,895 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 $29,893 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.