Library Assistants, Clerical in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,617
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$5,263
13.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,528
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
$37,880
Kept after tax
$32,617
Worth in national money
$31,528
State rank
18
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Florida pays library assistants, clerical around $37,880 at the midpoint, 18 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 493 occupations Florida publishes, library assistants, clerical lands at 417. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $37,880 the take-home is $32,617; in national-average money that behaves like $31,528. The average comes to $38,570, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For library assistants, clerical the Florida median is $37,880, ranking 18 of 50 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.
- Within Florida, this work ranks 417 of 493 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Take-home for library assistants, clerical in Florida, on $37,880, is $32,617; deflated by the state's price level, $31,528. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $38,570 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Library Assistants, Clerical
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,420 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,960 |
| This salary | $37,880 |
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 | $32,617 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,617 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,037 |
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 | $37,880 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,463 |
| 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 $37,880. The published range is $29,420 up to $45,960, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $32,617, from $37,880, 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 417 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Florida, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $31,528, the adjusted value of that $37,880 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 417 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for library assistants, clerical in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $29,420 to $45,960. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Florida is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $32,617 from $37,880. 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 417 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $31,528 — the adjusted value of that $37,880 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 417 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $29,420 at the tenth percentile, $45,960 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Florida run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $31,528 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $32,617 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,420 to $45,960) 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 $31,528 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 $32,617 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.