Library Technicians in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,188
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$5,892
14.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,014
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
$41,080
Kept after tax
$35,188
Worth in national money
$34,014
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida sits in the middle of the pack for library technicians. The median is $41,080, ranking 25 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: 387 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $41,080 the take-home is $35,188. But Florida costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $34,014 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $43,830, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Florida occupies the middle band for library technicians: a median of $41,080, ranking 25 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.
- Library technicians occupies position 387 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Florida income tax is $35,188 for library technicians, from $41,080. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $34,014. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $43,830 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Library Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,580 |
| This salary | $41,080 |
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 | $35,188 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,188 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,197 |
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 | $41,080 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,657 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $41,080 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,660 and the ninetieth is $57,580 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $35,188, from $41,080, 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 387 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 $34,014 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 387.
- The Florida median of $41,080 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,660 to $57,580. 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 $35,188 from $41,080. 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 387 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $34,014, worked from $41,080, 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 387 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $43,830 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $34,660 and the top tenth $57,580, so most people doing this work in Florida sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $34,014 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $35,188 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.
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.
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 $43,830. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,660 to $57,580) 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 $34,014 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 $35,188 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.