Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,536
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$7,934
15.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,083
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
$51,470
Kept after tax
$43,536
Worth in national money
$42,083
State rank
20
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Florida pays this job around $51,470 at the midpoint, 20 of 47 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 264.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $51,470, tax leaves $43,536 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $42,083 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $58,460, since top earners drag the number up.
- For jewelers and precious stone and metal workers the Florida median is $51,470, ranking 20 of 47 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, jewelers and precious stone and metal workers sits at 264 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, $43,536 remains from the Florida median of $51,470 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $42,083 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $58,460 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $97,810 |
| This salary | $51,470 |
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 | $43,536 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,536 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,718 |
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 | $51,470 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,288 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $51,470 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,360 and the ninetieth is $97,810 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $43,536 take-home in Florida comes from $51,470. 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 264 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Florida, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,083, the adjusted value of that $51,470 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 264 of 493 in the state.
- The Florida median of $51,470 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,360 to $97,810. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $43,536, from $51,470, 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 264 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 20 of 47 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $42,083 — the adjusted value of that $51,470 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 264 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 $58,460, 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 $36,360 at the bottom tenth to $97,810 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $42,083 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $43,536 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 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 $58,460. 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 ($36,360) and the ninetieth ($97,810) 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 $42,083 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 $43,536 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.