Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,165
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$4,175
12.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,225
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
$32,340
Kept after tax
$28,165
Worth in national money
$27,225
State rank
34
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida sits in the middle of the pack for laundry and dry-cleaning workers. The median is $32,340, ranking 34 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Florida, this one sits low: 478 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $32,340 the take-home is $28,165; in national-average money that behaves like $27,225. The average comes to $33,240, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Florida occupies the middle band for laundry and dry-cleaning workers: a median of $32,340, ranking 34 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Laundry and dry-cleaning workers occupies position 478 of 493 in Florida's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Take-home for laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Florida, on $32,340, is $28,165; deflated by the state's price level, $27,225. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $33,240 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $32,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $38,010 |
| This salary | $32,340 |
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 | $28,165 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $28,165 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,759 |
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 | $32,340 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,127 |
| 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 $32,340. The published range is $29,150 up to $38,010, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $28,165 take-home in Florida comes from $32,340. 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 478 of 493.
- Two cautions on $27,225, the adjusted value of that $32,340 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 478 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $29,150 to $38,010. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $28,165, from $32,340, 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 478 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 34 of 51 for it.
- This $27,225 adjusted figure, worked from $32,340, 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 478 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 478 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $29,150 at the tenth percentile, $38,010 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 $27,225 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $28,165 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?
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 ($29,150 to $38,010) 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 $27,225 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 $28,165 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.