Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,812
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$9,958
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,083
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
$61,770
Kept after tax
$51,812
Worth in national money
$50,083
State rank
39
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $61,770, ranking 39 of 51 states — about 4.08% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 182 among 493 occupations Florida publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $61,770, tax leaves $51,812 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $50,083 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $62,150, since top earners drag the number up.
- Florida ranks 39 of 51 for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses, with a median of $61,770 — about 4.08% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 182 of 493 in Florida places licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After tax, $51,812 remains from the Florida median of $61,770 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $50,083 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $62,150 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,770 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,320 |
| This salary | $61,770 |
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 | $51,812 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,812 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,235 |
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 | $61,770 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,913 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses in Florida earn under $61,770 and half over. The published range runs $50,450 at the tenth percentile to $74,320 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $51,812 take-home in Florida comes from $61,770. 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 182 of 493.
- Two cautions on $50,083, the adjusted value of that $61,770 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 182 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $50,450 to $74,320; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $51,812, from $61,770, 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 182 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 39 of 51 for it.
- This $50,083 adjusted figure, worked from $61,770, 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 182 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 182 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $50,450 at the bottom tenth to $74,320 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $50,083 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $51,812 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($50,450 to $74,320) 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 $50,083 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 $51,812 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.