Labor Relations Specialists in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,306
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$15,394
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,093
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
$81,700
Kept after tax
$66,306
Worth in national money
$64,093
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Florida is 29 of 51 states for labor relations specialists, with a middle wage of $81,700. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Florida this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, labor relations specialists ranks 99 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $81,700 the take-home is $66,306; in national-average money that behaves like $64,093. The average comes to $87,120, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Florida ranks 29 of 51 for labor relations specialists at $81,700. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Florida publishes a median for, labor relations specialists sits 99 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for labor relations specialists in Florida, on $81,700, is $66,306; deflated by the state's price level, $64,093. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $87,120 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Labor Relations Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,700 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,240 |
| This salary | $81,700 |
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 | $66,306 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,306 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,140 |
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 | $81,700 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,719 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $81,700 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $50,200 and the ninetieth is $133,240 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $66,306 take-home in Florida comes from $81,700. 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 99 of 493.
- Two cautions on $64,093, the adjusted value of that $81,700 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 99 of 493 locally.
- The Florida median of $81,700 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $50,200 to $133,240. 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 $66,306, from $81,700, 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 99 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 29 of 51 for it.
- This $64,093 adjusted figure, worked from $81,700, 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 99 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 99 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $87,120, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $50,200 and the top tenth $133,240 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $64,093 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $66,306 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $87,120. 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 ($50,200) and the ninetieth ($133,240) 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 $64,093 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 $66,306 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.